“Apple should have been awarded an injunction against Samsung in their long-running smartphone patent war, the US court of appeals ruled on Thursday,” Samuel Gibbs reports for The Guardian. “The court of appeals for the federal circuit in Washington DC said the lower court, led by US district judge Lucy Koh, abused its discretion by denying Apple an injunction against Samsung after a jury ordered the Korean company to pay $120m in May last year for infringing three of Apple’s patents.”
“After the jury verdict last year, Koh refused Apple’s request for a permanent injunction to stop Samsung from selling the infringing features on its smartphones,” Gibbs reports. “Apple reiterated its previous comments about the case, saying: ‘Samsung wilfully stole our ideas and copied our products.'”
The two companies are embroiled in a separate case stemming from 2012, which saw Apple initially awarded $930m for Samsung infringing patents and design features, which was reduced by $382m in May this year. The final amount of damages is still in dispute within Koh’s court.
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MacDailyNews Take: The chickens are finally coming home to roost for the incompetent judge Lucy Koh.
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Does that mean I won’t be able to buy a Galaxy S2 anymore?
Actually, it covers the Galaxy S3 too.
Investigate Koh…
Any punishment due for Koh ?
The real issues, as most posters on this site have realized, are two things:
1) This is not yet over. Samsung very likely will appeal this ruling. So Samsung won’t have to do anything until that appeal is over.
and
2) The items covered are so old (originally being sold in 2010-2012) that Samsung has already made their profits and market share off of them.
The fact that Samsung can avoid patent infringement through software updates is virtually irrelevant because Samsung isn’t selling them anymore. Really, how many Galaxy S3’s have been sold directly by Samsung in the last month?
Samsung should have had to put up a $120 million cash bond the moment that initial ruling came down. Samsung should have to stop selling any infringing devices immediately (in the unlikely case they are doing so). Further appeals be damned.
The thing Apple is looking for here is precedent in Scamsucks infringement. And vindication.
This verdict came from the federal appellate court, so the only higher venue would be for Samsung to appeal to the supreme court, which is very selective in the cases they hear.
Samsung already did something. The products in question are no longer for sale, they’ve been superseded by three generations at least.
Future infringement of Apple’s patents has a strong precedent that makes it harder to do the same thing again, this legal ruling makes it easier for Apple to go after infringers in the future and makes it harder for them to escape consequences. Even Samsung can no longer ignore this.
Perhaps, but the patents in question are also being challenged. One has already been invalidated. This is the problem with design patents.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/17/uspto-finds-apple-iphone-design-patent-invalid-in-court-fight-against-samsung
Meanwhile, did you know that there’s a patent for the “combover”?
http://www.google.com/patents/US4022227
Someone should buy that patent and block the combover. Justice would be better served. 😉
It is normally the case that a losing party must post bond for the amount of the judgement before being able to appeal. . . but in cases of companies such as Samsung or Apple, where they have multi-billion dollar balance sheets, the court general will allow them to show a booking of a liability of that amount on their books pending the outcome of the appeal. So long as the company is sufficiently solvent, that is permitted.
As we hope those same chickens come home to roost for that DOJ puppet Judge Denise Cote. Both giving a bad poor judgment name for women in the judiciary everywhere.
Well, I can point to Judge T. John Ward of the federal court in Marshall, Texas as equally incompetent and destructive, if not more so. I don’t care what sex a judge is. If they’re incompetent, they’re just incompetent. THROW THEM OUT, or vote them out. Whatever it takes.
And no political kiddies, appointing judges has nothing to do with the silly, imaginary 2 dimensional political scale we use these days. It’s about LAW and that’s all. Those who don’t like legal judgements because they don’t fit their politics are little babies whining for chocolate milk instead of regular milk. Boo-frickin’-hoo.
But when a judge wrecks THE LAW, it’s time for the big BOOT. Here we’ve listed THREE that should NOT be on the bench, ever.
Amen DC. The bench is no place for personal politics, just equal application of the law.
Disbar and Disrobe them Cote and Koh, forever.
I think disrobing them may be a far worse insult to the senses than anything they’ve done so far.
You’re right but there’s always mud and tar to reduce the impact for the faint of heart.
I threw up at the thought. 😳
They might surprise you. One’s best talent is not always manifested in one’s public persona, but in a secret, unfulfilled side of oneself. Myself, I foresee a future of seductive pole dancing for these exciting specimens from Judiciary World.
I threw up twice at the thought! LOL
Lucy Koh is an idiot. Judges who don’t understand what they’re judging should be removed from cases. It’s that simple.
Maybe that president Obama guy can drop by and wave the “sure judge Koh abused some right of discretion but we must look forward.” defense while he washed his hands and hopes it goes away.
It sure worked for G.W. Bush.
I’d like them to look into her banks accounts. I bet theres tidy sum there. She also sounds lie an ass when it comes to these type of cases. She shouldn’t be allowed to pass judgement on anything to do with patent infringements
A Judge in Europe (Great Britain?) made a very controversial patent decision in favor of Samsung, then within a few months resigned his bench and immediately took a very highly paid position as a legal advisor to . . . wait for it. . . Samsung. SMELLED to high heaven.
Judges can be impeached.
I can think of two female judges who should be. . .
Incompetent Person in Power screws up again! Glad she’s finally called out for that bone head idiotic decision.
Someone needs to monitor Lucy Koh’s financial situation for the rest of her life and her family’s lives.
Samsung could pay off decades or more from now when no-one is watching.
And the charge her millions for the monitoring. It’s only fair.
Why was anyone surprised by Koh’s favoritism for a Korean firm? Just askin’.
…the lower court, led by US district judge Lucy Koh, abused its discretion by denying Apple an injunction against Samsung after a jury ordered the Korean company to pay $120m in May last year for infringing three of Apple’s patents.
OH THANK GAWD. I hate that judge. What a mess she’s created. All her fault. Justice deferred. NOT acceptable.
judge Lucy Koh abused her powers?!?!? Say it ant so!
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