“I previously reported on a preliminary injunction granted by a Dutch court today against the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace smartphones,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents.
“In its official reaction, Samsung underscored that most of Apple’s infringement allegations failed at this stage,” Mueller reports. “Let me add — just to be precise here — that after the preliminary injunction there will still be a full-blown main proceeding in that case, and even if the judge wasn’t convinced of certain patents being valid and infringed ahead of today’s decision, it’s still possible that Apple successfully enforces those patents in the main proceeding, just like it’s also possible for Samsung to defeat the photo gallery patent in the main proceeding.”
Mueller reports, “I have meanwhile taken a closer look at the judge’s reasoning, and while I may have a patent-critical perspective and, as a result, may be particularly likely to consider patents obvious, I believe that Samsung’s defense against the slide-to-unlock patent could very well also convince U.S. juries.”
Much more in the full article here.