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Saturday, 2 July 2011

Samsung drops a patent-infringement counter-suit against Apple

Saturday, July 2, 2011 · 11:25 am · 12 Comments

“Samsung Electronics Co. dropped a patent-infringement suit against Apple Inc. (AAPL), filed at a U.S. federal court in April in response to allegations its Galaxy products copied the iPhone and iPad,” Bomi Lim reports for Bloomberg.

“Samsung Electronics dropped the suit on June 30 ‘to streamline the legal proceedings,’ Nam Ki Yung, a spokesman for the Suwon, South Korea-based company, said today in a telephone interview,” Lim reports. “Samsung will continue to defend its patent rights through a counter-claim in an earlier suit Apple filed at the same court in San Jose, California, he said.”

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Lim reports, “Litigation between the two companies, which compete in the mobile-device market, is under way in at least five countries including South Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.K. Withdrawal of the California suit won’t affect other U.S. cases or patent- violation complaints Samsung raised against Apple in other countries, Nam said.”

Samsung scoffs at Apple in California lawsuit defense filing

Friday, July 1, 2011 · 4:28 pm · 39 Comments

“Late on Thursday, Samsung filed its answer, affirmative defenses and counterclaims to the amended version of Apple’s complaint in Northern California,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents.

Mueller reports, “Most of the document consists of ‘boilerplate’ and the usual wholesale denial of all allegations, but there are a few interesting things to say about it. In particular, Samsung scoffs at Apple’s attitude toward its competition by (repeatedly) stating the following: ‘The Samsung Defendants admit that they have not ceased competing with Apple notwithstanding Apple’s efforts to avoid such competition.’”

“That’s the obvious position for Samsung to take,” Mueller writes. “While Apple describes Samsung as ‘the copyist,’ Samsung naturally argues that it’s just competing.”

Much more in the full article, including Mueller’s updated “battlemap,” here.

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Samsung denies negotiating with Apple over iPhone and iPad infringement – June 20, 2011
Apple and Samsung executives in talks on patent lawsuits – June 18, 2011
Apple amends complaint against Samsung, asserts more IP rights against more products – June 17, 2011
Apple feels ‘harassed’ by ‘copyist’ Samsung’s demands iPhone 5 and iPad 3 previews; showdown on Friday – June 14, 2011
Samsung seeks court order to see Apple’s next-gen iPhone, iPad samples in patent dispute – May 31, 2011
Judge orders Samsung to hand over five unreleased Android phones, tablets to Apple – May 24, 2011
Samsung files new lawsuit against Apple in U.S. – April 29, 2011
Samsung phone sales drop 14%, profit drops 30% – April 29, 2011
NPD: Apple iPhone 4 for Verizon best-selling mobile phone in U.S.; causes Android to lose share for first time since Q209 – April 28, 2011
Samsung’s new Galaxy S phone shows few changes from model that prompted Apple lawsuit – April 28, 2011
Samsung countersues Apple over iPhone, iPad; lawsuits filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany – April 22, 2011
Apple lawsuit against Samsung deemed no threat to supply – April 19, 2011
Apple v. Samsung: a complete lawsuit analysis – April 19, 2011
Samsung vows to countersue Apple over patent suit – April 19, 2011
Why Apple is suing Samsung and why Samsung will likely settle – April 19, 2011
Apple to Samsung: ‘Blatant copying is wrong’ – April 18, 2011
Apple sues Samsung for attempting to copy look and feel of iPhone, iPad – April 18, 2011
Samsung’s ‘Instinct’ is obviously to make Apple iPhone knockoffs – April 1, 2008

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Apple files preliminary injunction in U.S. against Samsung Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, Galaxy Tab 10.1

Saturday, July 2, 2011 · 10:21 am · 19 Comments

“Right before a long weekend in the U.S. (due to Independence Day on Monday), Apple attempts a hole-in-one in its legal spat with Samsung. Apple has filed (with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) a motion for a preliminary injunction,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents.

“The motion targets the following four Samsung products: Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1.,” Mueller reports. “Shooting for a preliminary injunction is a bold gamble for Apple. If Apple’s motion is granted, Samsung will be forced within a matter of a few months — possibly less than two months — to take it flagship Android-based products from the U.S. market. Just the possibility of this happening could lead Samsung to settle with Apple early on. But if Samsung doesn’t cave and Apple’s motion fails, Apple’s position will look weak… It’s important to consider that a court grants a preliminary injunction only if there’s a really strong and convincing case.”

Friday, 1 July 2011

Samsung Launches Faster High-performance Memory Cards for 4G Smartphones

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Samsung Launches Faster High-performance Memory Cards for 4G Smartphones
Posted: 30-Jun-2011 [Source: Samsung] [Samsung announces production of its high-performance microSD cards with advanced data transfer speeds that support the performance requirements on fourth generation (4G) smartphones.]

Seoul, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced production of its high-performance micro Secure Digital (microSD) cards with advanced data transfer speeds that support the performance requirements on fourth generation (4G) smartphones. The new 20-nanometer-class* microSD cards have a class 10 speed rating suitable for seamless data storage and transmission of full HD video, one of the features becoming highly popular among 4G smartphone users.

“The industry demand for high-class-rated memory cards addresses the growing performance push for next generation mobile applications in more advanced smartphones including 4G models,” said Wanhoon Hong, executive vice president, memory sales & marketing, Samsung Electronics. ”As the industry adopts microSD cards with a class 10 rating, the superior data transfer speeds are expected to improve the mobile user experience tremendously.”

The new 32GB microSD cards can write at 12 megabytes per second (MB/s) and read at 24MB/s, providing users with more than double the maximum write speeds of a class 4 rated 32GB microSD card. The new 32GB memory card incorporates 32Gb 3-bit NAND flash memory chips and a proprietary 3-bit NAND controller to deliver the high performance.

The new card follows the introduction of Samsung’s 30 nanometer (nm) class*, 32 gigabit (Gb) 3-bit-per-cell (3-bit) NAND-based 32 gigabyte (GB) microSD cards in February 2010. By applying the finer 20-nm-class process technology, the productivity of the chips is raised over 30 percent.

As an industry pioneer, Samsung plans to continue to aggressively introduce new NAND-based mobile memory solutions for timely market adoption. Mass production of its 20nm-class 64Gb 3-bit NAND designed on advanced toggle NAND architecture is anticipated for early next year.

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