Samsung and Apple are about to go back to court, and Apple is already coming out ahead in pre-trial proceedings.
Judge Lucy Koh, who's been dealing with these two companies' bickering for years, has granted Apple two victories against Samsung as the March trial approaches.
One has to do with an autocorrect patent held by Apple; Judge Koh determined that Samsung's Android smartphones like the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy Note, which use a system that guesses which words users are typing and displays its guesses in real time, do infringe on it.
Samsung will now need to prove that Apple's patent is invalid in order to win in March.
Autocorrect this
The other blow relates to a Samsung patent for syncing media between devices, which Judge Koh ruled to be invalid.
She reportedly agreed with Apple's arguments that the Samsung-owned patent added too little to systems that existed before it to be considered valid.
That means Samsung will have only four claims left to fight over when the March trial arrives.
Alternatively, Apple and Samsung might find a solution when they duke it out privately in February, though considering how pointless their settlement talks have been in the past it's more likely this case will go to trial in March.
One of a kind
It's also come to light recently that Apple has been insisting that any settlement it reaches with Samsung has to include an anti-cloning provision.
What this means is that Samsung would be prevented from "copying" Apple products in the future.
Considering this years-long battle is at least partially based on Samsung's assertion that it doesn't copy Apple products, we're guessing that hasn't gone over well with the Korean company.
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Source : techradar[dot]com
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