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Judge Koh allows Apple v. Samsung II, the thriller with the manila folders

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Judge Koh allows Apple v. Samsung II, the thriller with the manila folders
Every great battle has a number of sequels. In boxing, we had Ali-Frazier I, II, III (the Thriller in Manila). In patent trials, we had Apple v. Samsung I and thanks to a ruling from Judge Lucy Koh made on Friday, we will have Apple v. Samsung II, the thriller with the manila folders. Actually, allowing the trial to proceed for a start in 2014 goes against the judge's verbal thoughts. Out loud, she mentioned that she really would have rather waited for Samsung to complete its appellate journey from the first trial.

But the truth is, the main patent at issue in the new trial has nothing to do with the first one, which resulted in a $1.05 billion verdict handed to Apple by the jury. Judge Koh recently cut that award by $450 million and a new trial will be heard on the damages to be awarded on 14 Samsung devices that the jury said had infringed on Apple's patents. The featured patent in the new 2014 case is the infamous '604 patent aka the Siri patent which deals with universal search.

Now that the judge has ruled that the new trial can continue, it is expected to start in March 2014. In ruling that the trial can start before Samsung is finished appealing the first case, Judge Koh made Apple the victor as it was Samsung that wanted to delay this trial while appealing the first decision. Last month, the judge seemed to be leaning Samsung's way.

source: Reuters via AppleInsider

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1. xperiaDROID posted on 08 Mar 2013, 22:59 1

When will this battle end?????

3. Droid_X_Doug posted on 08 Mar 2013, 23:16 5

When Apple and Sammy get tired of it.

6. xperiaDROID posted on 08 Mar 2013, 23:51 6 2

If Sammy wins,I wonder who will be Apple's next target, because we all know that Apple never give up. lol

9. rusticguy posted on 09 Mar 2013, 00:31 5

Next target should be Stock Markets.

13. xperiaDROID posted on 09 Mar 2013, 01:16 3

agree:)

16. GALAXY-STORM posted on 09 Mar 2013, 02:24 2

Probably no one. Don't think anyother oem would display the kind of resilience as samsung did.

32. tuminatr posted on 09 Mar 2013, 09:31

steve jobs is the guy who wanted this lawsuit with him gone they wont be doing this kind of stuff

33. xperiaDROID posted on 09 Mar 2013, 09:47

Uhhh.......... are you sure is Steve Jobs?

4. pongkie posted on 08 Mar 2013, 23:35 4

when people stop buying apple and samsung phones so no money will be budgeted to lawyers

7. xperiaDROID posted on 08 Mar 2013, 23:52 1

that would be impossible...... for Samsung.....

15. anywherehome posted on 09 Mar 2013, 02:24 3

Till Apple becomes not beeing greedy and not beeing rotten, liar, tief etc, see:
bit [.] ly/RYzOPP

42. lauremar posted on 10 Mar 2013, 15:14

When both companies find out they are at the bottom of the smartphone race with Motorola, Nokia, LG, HTC, Sony, Huawei, ZTE and others, because both of them spent gobs of their cash reserve on litigation instead of Research and Development...

2. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 08 Mar 2013, 23:04 4 17

Down goes Frazier! ( Samsung) lol

39. SleepingOz posted on 09 Mar 2013, 14:30 3

You can't write a single comment without mentioning your confuse love of Samsung.
I know you're one of the biggest Samsung fanboy but this is obssession, dude. You should see a psychologist, seriously.

43. lauremar posted on 10 Mar 2013, 15:17

Sorry bro but both companies will be losers on this one...

5. nikenturd (unregistered) posted on 08 Mar 2013, 23:45 5 1

This is why Software patents should be abolished and invalidated.

10. Droid_X_Doug posted on 09 Mar 2013, 00:40 2 7

Then you will see significantly reduced technological innovation. Imagine Android stuck in Gingerbread.

14. Taters posted on 09 Mar 2013, 01:35 3 1

I am sure software innovation would thrive without really lame patents.

20. tedkord posted on 09 Mar 2013, 03:43 3

Software patents are what's killing innovation.

29. Izoe posted on 09 Mar 2013, 08:43 2

Not abolished, but reviewed.

38. tedkord posted on 09 Mar 2013, 12:34

No, abolished. Like they were originally. Software is copyright protected, the coding is protected, but a concept should not be.

If we had had this madness 40 years ago, the first person to invent an operating system for a pc would have been the only one. The first word processor. The first spreadsheet program. All would have been trapped, innovation stopped, because a patent on the concept had been allowed.

8. N-fanboy posted on 09 Mar 2013, 00:02 1

Yay! Others will capitalize while these bitches fight

11. Droid_X_Doug posted on 09 Mar 2013, 00:42

There is some merit to your point. I haven't seen much litigation against other manufacturers while Apple and Sammy are dancing their dance. There has been some sniping around the edges, but the principle action is Apple vs. Sammy.

26. No_Nonsense posted on 09 Mar 2013, 06:13

Just because we haven't seen it, doesn't mean there are no battles going on. BB and Nokia, Apple and Nokia have solved their disputes by paying Nokia the royalties. It could be the same between few others.

12. MrKoles posted on 09 Mar 2013, 00:59 1

Neverending story.

17. AamirSIII posted on 09 Mar 2013, 02:39

oh snap

18. ray77 posted on 09 Mar 2013, 03:04 1

the imperial strike again !!! stop is crap !!!

19. avin007 posted on 09 Mar 2013, 03:13

Koh looks hot,isn't it!!!!that face at da top takes my breath away.....lol

21. Mozarrt posted on 09 Mar 2013, 04:42 3 1

There have been reports of Samsung "borrowing" Nokia screen technology, most companies don't trust Samsung these days for good reason. Apple is in the best position to threaten Samsung so they do. (Had Nokia been market-leader, they would probably be suing Samsung aswel.

You don't become top dog of the industry in such a short amount of time by playing fair.

28. OptimusOne posted on 09 Mar 2013, 08:40

it depends on your definition of fair, and what counts as 'blatent copying"

22. Mozarrt posted on 09 Mar 2013, 04:43 1 1

And is anybody getting stupid Kontera ads on this website? Double underlined words.

25. No_Nonsense posted on 09 Mar 2013, 06:11

Exactly, I thought I was the only one.

40. networkdood posted on 09 Mar 2013, 17:10

I am able to block all ads

23. damokles posted on 09 Mar 2013, 05:05

This stuff is so ridiculous, oh god - don't they have better stuff to do? Like - save the planet?

24. rickywinataa posted on 09 Mar 2013, 05:08

the stupid thing is that they allow patents like this : "very common thing in technology or life + in a mobile device"

30. InspectorGadget80 posted on 09 Mar 2013, 08:48 1

Can we pkease stop talkn bout this dumb a.. judge & trial?

35. iS-Aha (banned) posted on 09 Mar 2013, 10:17

Its news that needs people to find or know what has happened.
This judge has been bribed.

31. roscuthiii posted on 09 Mar 2013, 09:28

With Koh, you can always tell when a check clears.

36. evarod48 posted on 09 Mar 2013, 11:12

best headline ever!

41. hate_dc posted on 09 Mar 2013, 20:42

the samsung base in korea is now make there samsung galaxy atomic bomb and they will laungh it to all apple headquarters to end this war..hehe..

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