Netherlands: Dutch court ruled Samsung does not infringe Apple patent.

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Netherlands: Dutch court ruled Samsung does not infringe Apple patent.

A Dutch court in Amsterdam has ruled Samsung Electronics does not infringe an Apple Inc patent by using certain multi-touch techniques on some of the Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers.

Apple argued in September in the Hague court that Samsung infringed its patent on multi-touch function, which lets users use two fingers at one time on a touch screen.

"With these products Samsung does not infringe the claims that Apple has made," the court said in its ruling on Wednesday.

Apple lost a preliminary injunction on this patent in the Dutch courts last year and also lost its battle in the courts in Britain against HTC Corp, and in Germany against Samsung and Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Google.

The Dutch court acknowledged that its multi-touch patent ruling was similar to those in Britain and Germany.

Samsung said it welcomed the Dutch court's decision, while Apple declined to comment on the ruling.

The Hague has become an important court room battle ground between companies making mobile phones and tablet computers, as court actions there are considered to be cheap, speedy and efficient.

The Dutch court's ruling comes ahead of a decision in the United States from the International Trade Commission on Thursday over claims that Samsung infringed on Apple patents.

REUTERS.

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Apple offered to sign a cross-licensing deal over patents, Samsung said it is unacceptable.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jes�s.

Apple offered to sign a cross-licensing deal over patents, Samsung said it is unacceptable.

Apple has proposed a cross-licensing contract to Samsung Electronics, an official said Thursday.

``Apple offered to sign a cross-licensing deal over patents; but its requests were unacceptable,�� the senior Samsung official said.

Apple�s intellectual-property licensing director Boris Teskler, had outlined a deal to his counterpart at Samsung _ Kim Seong-woo _ in a three-page letter that was revealed this week after U.S. Judge Lucy H. Koh rejected the firms� request to keep the documents sealed.

``Apple is willing to license its declared-essential patents to Samsung on license terms that rely on the price of baseband chips on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) royalties basis. Apple estimates that this approach, which implements the true meaning of and requirements imposed by FRAND, will result in a $0.33 per unit in royalties for Apple patents,�� Apple said in a letter to Judge Koh. 

``I don�t doubt that Apple would have liked Samsung to accept its offer and Apple�s proposed per-unit amount may seem low,�� Florian Mueller, a German-based patent expert, wrote on his popular FossPatents blog.

``By submitting the classified letters to Judge Koh, Apple was intending to appeal to the presiding judge that its attempts to sign a peace treaty with Samsung vaporized due to Samsung�s unwillingness to accept the offer,�� said another Samsung official.

Amid the deepening legal feud, the Korean firm has been raising its brand awareness in the global market. According to a study by InterBrand, a major consultancy in branding, Samsung�s brand value was estimated at $32.9 billion, ranking it ninth in terms of corporate awareness worldwide.

``For Samsung has nothing to lose in its fight with Apple,�� a source said. Last year, Samsung�s brand awareness was 17th.

``Samsung�s anti-Apple campaign is so far paying off. It is now the world�s biggest smartphone manufacturer and is rolling out more software- and hardware-improved devices as the fight is a good excuse to further encourage designers and technicians,�� said the source.

Meanwhile, Samsung has officially asked that the ruling in August against it that awarded Apple $1.05 billion be thrown out as jury foreman Velvin Hogan failed to disclose his previous ``legal problems�� with a company that Samsung has a close partnership with.

According to Samsung, the controversial foreman didn�t tell Judge Koh that he had filed bankruptcy in 1993 and had been sued by his former employer, Seagate Technology. 

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Samsung you should try webOS Open source with thousands of HP(Palm) patents.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jes�s. Samsung you should try webOS Open source with thousands of HP(Palm) patents. At this time Apple wants Samsung against the wall, at least in the USA, and went this last Friday with all the caballeria (cavalry) asking the US Court in California to ban the most recent Samsung mobile devices Galaxy S III, Verizon Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Note 10.1. Apple thinks they own all the features you can do with the multitouch way to perform any mobile in anyway. But there are a lot of Palm Inc patents now owned by HP including webOS patents, that Samsung and all OEM`s should check them out. Just go Google here make a search Palm Inc patents and you will see all the way thousands of them. Besides, I think HP should make all the efforts to asure all OEM`s manufacturers worldwide that webOS opensource is others patents proof in order to avoid future lawsuits at all and before launching webOS Opensource 1.0 in September. One of the Palm Inc patents (link below ) I like is related to unfolding mobiles and you Samsung have the flexible displays ready to be incorporated in new mobiles. I believe that is one of the Trends for the late 2012 and 2013. There is no flexible/unfoldable mobile officialy unveiled for any OEM`s at this time yet, only concepts. Patent US20030098857 - Detachable flexible and expandable display with touch sensor apparatus and ... - Google Patents In this month HP will launch the final version of webOS Open 1.0, now available in Beta. Our related post can help you, as well: Trends 2013: Products with flexible/unfold displays: small batteries with more power. Who will be the first to launch?

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