New episode in the global war on patents in Apple-Samsung that never ends. On Tuesday, the supreme Court of the United States has rejected a judgement condemning the south Korean group to compensate the U.s. for patent infringement. The highest judicial body in the United States has returned to court, in a unanimous decision, this issue has been the subject of multiple twists and turns in recent years.
In a judgment of 11 pages, the supreme Court has ruled that Samsung could not be sentenced to return all of the profits associated with its smartphones using the patent concerned, and that the fine of $ 399 million was excessive.
The patents in question relate in particular to the aspect of the camera with “a rectangular screen with rounded corners and a grid of icons on a black screen”. The supreme Court has not ruled on the extent to which the use by Samsung of these characteristics of the iPhone was expected to be reflected in the fine.
“The parties have asked us to further investigate and determine if for each of the patents in question, the product in question is the smartphone itself or one of its components in particular,” said justice Sonia Sotomayor in her opinion. “For this, we would need to set up a test and review of the case to submit”, she pointed out, opting instead for the dismissal of the case before a federal appeals court in Washington to do this.
A deal that starts in 2010
In April 2011, the group californian had committed to a procedure after that the representatives of the two companies have tried to solve the dispute amicably, and in vain, in this case during the year 2010. In 2012, a judge in california had then condemned Samsung to pay $ 399 million to Apple.
a year ago to the day, Samsung told a court in california that he agreed to pay 548 million dollars (503 million euros) to Apple . But at the time, the south Korean group had also made it clear that he hoped to recover this amount in the basis of conclusions of the patent office (U. S. Patent and Trademark Office), which gave a first time harm to Apple.
The group looked also of the decision of the us supreme Court to care or not for this folder. Last march, the supreme Court had held inadmissible the appeal of Samsung, judging it to be excessive the amount of his or her conviction for having copied the design of the iPhone and infringed patents relating to the handset of the apple. On Tuesday, the highest court in the United States has re-started the trial.
The Echos, with AFP
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