Apple lost its patent lawsuit against Samsung in Japan...
Apple lost its patent lawsuit against Samsung in Japan Friday, when Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji dismissed Apple’s case and ordered the company to pay court costs. Apple had claimed in its lawsuit that Samsung had violated Apple patents related…
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to its iPhone and iPad lines, according to Bloomberg. Japan’s ruling came a week after a U.S. District Court jury in San Jose, Calif., found Samsung had violated several of Apple’s iPhone patents and awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages (CED Aug 28 p2). Apple sought 100 million yen (the equivalent of $1.3 million) in damages from its lawsuit in Japan, Bloomberg reported. Apple now wants a ban on the sale of eight Samsung smartphones in the U.S., including several from the company’s Galaxy series (CED Aug 29 p1). The Tokyo court ruled against a similar request after dismissing the lawsuit, according to Bloomberg (http://xrl.us/bnnwds).