Apple wins another one: Tokyo court rules Samsung infringed on Apple ‘bounce-back’ patent

“Apple Inc. won a patent lawsuit in Japan, as a Tokyo judge ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones and a tablet computer infringed on its visual effects for touch panels,” Takashi Amano and Mariko Yasu report for Bloomberg. “Tokyo District Court Judge Shigeru Osuga hasn’t ruled on the amount of damage compensation and didn’t give a timeframe for providing one, according to a statement from the court.”

“Samsung infringed Apple’s patent on the way an iPad or iPhone screen seems to bounce when a user scrolls to the end of a file, the Cupertino, California-based company said in the lawsuit,” Amano and Yasu report. “Shipments of tablet computers in Japan jumped 104 percent to 5.68 million units in the year ended March, according to Tokyo-based MM Research Institute Ltd. Apple controlled 53 percent of the market, while Samsung ranked fifth with a 4.3 percent share, the researcher said last month.”

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Amano and Yasu report, “Smartphone shipments rose 4 percent to 6.81 million units in Japan during the first three months of 2013, according to research company IDC. Apple had 40 percent of sales, while Samsung didn’t rank in the top five, the researcher said last week.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz,” “Jax44,” “Lynn Weiler,” and “Double07” for the heads up.]