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Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, April 02 2013 @ 11:24 PM EDT |
Well, normally what you write would be accurate,
but I don't think it is here. Apple is asking
that Samsung pay for what it did, but if you
look at the next article, you'll see that claim
19 of Apple's '381 patent has been ruled invalid
in a final action at the USPTO after reexamination.
That is the bounce back patent, which Apple described
at trial as one of its crown jewels, and over 20
Samsung products were found to have infringed
Apple's claim 19. Apple was aware the USPTO was
in fact looking at this patent, and there was
a denial of the patent even more broadly at
the preliminary level. So their desire to beat the
clock might just have a PR aspect, I suspect. And
Samsung wanting to wait is also understandable in
that it was expecting such an outcome and naturally
would like the damages to be less, which they
likely now will be.
So it's very complex, not the usual situation. Why
wouldn't Samsung want to wait until all these loose
ends are tied off? They'd have to be crazy not
to want that. There are other patents being reexamined
still, by the way. And there is not yet a final
ruling in the case.
See what I mean?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Why? - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 03 2013 @ 11:54 AM EDT
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