Samsung phones unaffected as Apple patent case drags on

December 18, 2012

The patent wars continued to demonstrate their futility this week when a U.S. judge refused to ban a handful of outdated Samsung phones at Apple's behest. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple's request for a permanent injunction on 26 Samsung phones that were the focus of a major patent lawsuit in 2012. Although a jury found Samsung guilty of patent infringement to the tune of $1.05 billion, Apple didn't provide enough evidence that its patented features drove consumer demand, Koh ruled. “The phones at issue in this case contain a broad range of features, only a small fraction of which are covered by Apple's patents,” Koh said in her ruling. As Reuters reports, an earlier decision by a federal appeals court, which overturned a ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, provided binding legal precedent for Koh's ruling. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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