Saturday, April 6, 2013

Week 5, Post 1 — Samsung Infringes Apple on Text Selection

Samsung's running out of luck. In a time when smartphone wars are getting more intense and petty, Samsung is being found to have infringed on more aspects of the iPhone.

As per an ITC judge's ruling, Samsung has been found to have infringed upon an Apple Patent regarding a text selection feature on smartphones and tablets.

Back in January, Samsung persuaded ITC to review a preliminary ruling that many of its products had infringed heavily on Apple owned patents. ITC took back the case to review it again, and sent some of it back to ITC Judge Thomas Pender.

Recent rulings and news show that this plan backfired on Samsung. Now the case will be presented before the entire commission to uphold or overturn today's ruling. 

A lot depends on this vote for Samsung. If they lose, their products that infringe on this patent might be barred for sale in the United States.

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