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A picture taken on October 12, 2011, shows a Samsung phone, right, and an Iphone 4.Apple was awarded $ 1 billion in damages for patent infringement by Samsung in AugustThe case was back in court in San Jose on Thursday, though no new orders were issuedSamsung wants to lower the damages amount or to have a retrialApple wants to raise the amount and ban Samsung from selling infringing products The $ 1 billion patent dispute between Apple and Samsung picked back up in federal court in San Jose on Thursday, with both sides arguing over issues of damages amounts, bans [...]

Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics squared off again in court on Thursday, as the iPhone maker prepares to convince a U.S. district judge to ban sales of a number of the Korean company’s devices and defend a $ 1.05 billion jury award. Apple scored a sweeping legal victory in August at the conclusion of its landmark case against its arch-foe, when a U.S. jury found Samsung had copied critical features of the iPhone and iPad and awarded it $ 1.05 billion in damages. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh is expected to address a range of issues at the hearing, which [...]

Lawyers for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd filed a redacted copy of a 10-year patent licensing agreement between Apple Inc (AAPL) and Taiwan’s HTC Corp in a U.S. court late on Wednesday following a judge’s order. The Korean electronics company had earlier filed a motion to compel Apple — with which it is waging a bitter legal battle over mobile patents across several countries — to reveal details of a settlement that was made with HTC on November 10 but which have been kept under wraps. The court last month ordered Apple to disclose to Samsung details of the legal settlement [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S III launched in the United States in June and, to date, has reportedly sold more than 20 million units.Hereditary transfer of power at the huge chaebol groups and their sheer economic clout is coming in for criticismIt is widely assumed in Mr Lee’s home country that he has been groomed for succession from a young age(Financial Times) — Samsung Electronics has promoted the only son of chairman Lee Kun-hee to vice-chairman, taking him a step closer to the leadership of the world’s top technology company by sales.The new position for Lee Jae-yong, also known as Jay [...]

A U.S. judge allowed Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to pursue claims the iPhone5 infringes its patents on Thursday, while also allowing Apple Inc to add claims that the Samsung Galaxy Note, Galaxy S III and the Jelly Bean operating system violate its patents. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal in San Jose, California, was the latest development in a continuing legal war by Apple against manufacturers like Samsung whose products use Google Inc’s Android software. Representatives for both Apple and Samsung declined comment. The case is one of two patent infringement lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone, left, beside its new rival, the iPhone 5.Samsung’s Galaxy S III was the world’s best-selling smartphone in the third quarterFor the first time ever, it surpassed sales of the iPhone 4SBut Apple will likely reclaim the sales crown next quarter with the new iPhone 5 For years tech pundits have been searching for an “iPhone” killer — a mythical new device that would dethrone Apple’s mighty handset as the most admired or popular smartphone.It may be already here.For the first time, Samsung’s Galaxy S III overtook Apple’s iPhone 4S to become the world’s best-selling [...]

SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co, the world’s top technology firm by revenue, forecast on Friday global computer memory chip shipments would increase by 10 percent or slightly more in the current quarter and said it plans to grow faster than the broader market. The world’s top memory chipmaker sees global shipments of NAND chips growing in the mid-20 percents in the current quarter sequentially, led by new mobile product launches, and Samsung again plans to grow faster than the market. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by John Mair)

Samsung reported record net profit for the third quarter as booming sales of its smartphones and flat panelsShares of Samsung fell 1.8 per cent to Won1.298m on Friday on concerns about its earnings outlookAnalysts expect earnings momentum to slow in coming quarters as Samsung is likely to cede some market shareSamsung and Apple are embroiled in more than 30 lawsuits on four continents against each other(Financial Times) — Samsung reports record quarterly profit Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest technology company by sales, reported record net profit for the third quarter as booming sales of its smartphones and flat panels offset [...]

SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will book patent-related provisions once a U.S. court makes a ruling on its over $ 1 billion litigation with Apple Inc, it said on Friday. “The amount of provisioning will be fixed according to U.S. court ruling, and the costs will be set aside this quarter only if there’s a ruling within the current quarter,” Robert Yi, head of Samsung investor relations, told analysts. A U.S. federal jury said in late August that Samsung had copied key features of Apple’s iPhone, and awarded Apple $ 1.05 billion in damages. Apple has since asked for additional [...]

SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s top phone handset maker, sold 56.3 million smartphones in the third quarter, widening its lead over rival Apple Inc, a report by research firm IDC showed. Samsung took 31.3 percent of the global smartphone market, while Apple, which sold 26.9 million iPhones, had 15.0 percent of the market in the September quarter. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)