Recently, the California District Court announced that Apple and Samsung have finally reached a settlement on patent disputes over the past several years. It is reported that this patent dispute started in 2011, including the first three iPhone design patents and two utility patents. Appearance aspects of the iPhone's front, back and Home interface application layout, utility patent for the pinch zoom function and rebound effect.
Apple believes that the Samsung Galaxy series plagiarizes the iPhone's patented technology and design. According to calculations, Samsung has sold 11 million devices suspected of infringement, including popular models such as the Galaxy S2. Samsung has obtained more than US$3 billion in profits.
Familiar friends know that this is not the first trial of a patent dispute between Samsung and Apple. In 2012, the dispute reached its peak. Not only in the United States, the two giants also launched more than 50 games in more than 20 countries. Litigation became a topic for netizens who talked about it after lunch.
The court ruled that Apple won the patent battle. After that, Samsung also paid Apple $399 million in compensation. But Samsung believes that the design is not the main factor for consumers to buy mobile phones, and paying such high compensation is not very good. Reasonable. Therefore, Samsung appealed the matter to the Supreme Court.
In 2015, Samsung’s appeal has achieved certain results. The court recognized Samsung’s claim and reduced the amount of compensation. However, Samsung is still not willing to believe that the compensation should be calculated only on the part suspected of infringement, but not on the sale of complete equipment. The profit is calculated.
Finally, the US court accepted Samsung's claim that Samsung had to pay Apple's nearly $539 million in compensation, instead of Apple's $1 billion. Prior to this, Samsung Electronics had paid Apple $399 million in infringement compensation. Therefore, Samsung Electronics must pay Apple nearly $140 million.
It is worth mentioning that, after winning the victory, Apple also wrote in the statement: 'Samsung is blatantly plagiarizing our designs is a fact. We are very grateful to the jury for its efforts and are glad they agree that Samsung is copying our products. Paying for '. Samsung had been unwilling to see him. Seeing that Apple is so provocative, Samsung will definitely take action. How do you think Samsung will fight back?
