Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Elec. Co., Ltd.

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Apple alleged infringement of five patents that cover various aspects of the operation of smartphones. The district court granted summary judgment that Samsung’s accused devices infringed the 172 patent; a jury found the 647 and 721 patents infringed, infringed and not invalid. The court awarded Apple $119,625,000 in damages and ongoing royalties. The jury found that Samsung had not infringed two other patents. Samsung’s countersuit alleged infringement of its patents. The jury found Apple had infringed one patent and awarded $158,400 in damages but found that Apple had not infringed the other. A Federal Circuit panel reversed in part, finding that Apple failed to prove that the accused Samsung products use an “analyzer server” as the Federal Circuit has previously construed that term with respect to one Apple patent and that the asserted claims of two Apple patents would have been obvious based on the prior art. The court affirmed the judgment of non-infringement of two Apple patents, affirmed the judgment of infringement of Samsung’s patent, and affirmed the judgment of noninfringement of Samsung’s other patent. On rehearing, en banc, the court vacated its panel decision and reinstated the district court’s judgment as to the 647, 721, and 172 patents as supported by substantial evidence. View "Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Elec. Co., Ltd." on Justia Law

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