California court rules Samsung infringed Apple patent ahead of trial

January 22, 2014

A court in California has ruled that Samsung Electronics infringed in its devices an Apple patent on word recommendations during text input, ahead of a March trial.Judge Lucy H. Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division also ruled that a Samsung patent in the suit was invalid.At the center of the second patent lawsuit before the court are some of Apple and Samsung’s latest smartphones, media players, tablets and computers, including the Galaxy S III, iPhone 5, iPad mini and the fourth-generation iPad, also referred to as the iPad 4. The court earlier ordered the parties to limit their infringement contentions to five patents, 10 asserted claims, and 15 accused products per side.Judge Koh ruled Tuesday that Samsung infringed Apple’s patent that discloses a “method, system, and interface” for providing word recommendations that can be selected by users who are entering text into a mobile communication device. U.S. Patent No. 8,074,172, titled “Method, system, and graphical user interface for providing word recommendations,” was issued to Apple on Dec. 6, 2011.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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