“A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a decision by the International Trade Commission that Apple Inc was innocent of violating three patents owned by Samsung Electronics to make its iPhones and iPads,” Diane Bartz reports for Reuters.
“The ITC had said in June 2013 that Apple did not infringe on the Samsung patents,” Bartz reports. “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that decision on Wednesday but did not explain its reasoning.”
“In the case, the ITC had found in June 2013 that Apple infringed on one Samsung patent, not one ruled on Wednesday, and ordered the Apple iPods and iPads which used that technology be banned from importation into the United States,” Bartz reports. “But the ban was overturned by the Obama administration because the infringed patent was a special kind of patent called a standard essential patent.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
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Well that’s something anyway.
yup.
Are they freaking serious? Second the dispute is over an SEP?
“Still, Apple and Samsung have largely fought to a draw.”
“Android has become the world’s No. 1 smartphone operating system”
Technically correct, but as far as why and how, those facts are alway left out.