Google Backs Samsung in Smartphone Patent Fight

SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - The new trial to determine damages that Apple deserves in its patent dispute with Samsung Electronics will start in November, a federal judge ruled.A jury originally handed out a $1 billion award to Apple in August 2013 after ...

Take Apple Inc., for example. Its well-publicized court battles with rival Samsung involve allegations of patent infringement and copying of Apples design patents, trademarks and trade dress. Not only has Apple brought its complaints to U.S.

A US judge on Friday refused to suspend Apple Inc's patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a case that includes search technology in Apple's Siri voice assistant.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) told a U.S. judge it will seek permission to add Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S4 smartphone to a list of 22 accused products Apple alleges infringes its patents. The disclosure came in a footnote to a filing yesterday with U.S.

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 7 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-Si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,433,275) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for DC ...

Might as well kick Korean mobe-maker where it'll hurt most Apple has ratcheted-up its patent-infringment attack on Samsung, asking the US District Court of California to add Sammy's new smartphone flagship, the Galaxy S 4, to the list of products ...

Apple Inc. (AAPL), taking its patent fight to Google Inc. (GOOG) through its infringement litigation against Samsung Electronics Co., wants a court order to ensure Google is turning over documents related to its Android operating system. Apple today ...

Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers. After costly courtroom battles over technology patents, the two gadget giants are now going head-to-head over securing the best supply of parts as they jostle to rule the $253 billion smartphone market. The two took 100 percent of the industry's profit in January-March, Canaccord ...

Samsung Electronics posted record earnings as sales of its smartphones surged, widening the company's global lead as its latest Galaxy handset hits stores to take on Apple in the US. Net income rose 42 per cent from a year earlier to 7.15 trillion ...