The appeals court ruled on Friday that Samsung will not have to Applu to pay $120 million for infringing their patents, he said Bloomberg. The court found that the two patents Applu, including one for the slide-to-unlock feature, is considered invalid, and the third patent was not infringed.
Today's court decision overturns a verdict reached by a California jury in May 2014 that found Samsung infringed patents Applu. This also confirms the decision that Apple must pay Samsung $158 for video compression patent infringement.
In this case Apple tvSamsung infringed patents for the slide-to-unlock feature, auto-correct text, and a method for detecting phone numbers. The auto-correct patent is invalid and the detection patent is not infringed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in an electronic filing. The court also upheld a jury verdict that two other patents Applu, for universal search and background syncing were not broken.
Don't confuse this case with another similar patent battle that is still ongoing. In 2012, a jury awarded AppSamsung was seeking $1 billion in damages, but the amount was reduced to “just” $548 million. Samsung took the fight to the Supreme Court.
*Source: iDownloadBlog
