Apple Wins The Samsung Lawsuit

Apple wins an old patent battle against Samsung

Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics have been competitors since a very long span of time. Both the companies have been competing with one another over various segments such as smartphones, wearable tech etc. the Samsung Galaxy smartphones and 

Apple iPhone are concerned to be the dominant forces in the fraternity.

There was a patent dispute that was running between both the tech giants since a while and now the final verdict has been observed according to which Apple has sabotaged Samsung. 

Ironically, this defeat is not really that damaging for Samsung. The Apple iPhone maker was granted the leverage to make changes to certain Samsung smartphones that were infringing their patents. However, all these devices have now become obsolete and the latter has already retired them.

This decision does not really bother Samsung since they believe that the consumers in America will not really be under any impact.

The quarrel between both the companies is pertinent to features like slide to unlock, autocorrect which were used in Galaxy S II along with Galaxy Nexus. These models are already been removed from circulation by the company.  The verdict regarding an injunction was granted by the company this week which has an impact on similar devices. Moreover, Samsung has also been restricted from making use of the infringing software or to retail devices that make use of this technology.

"We would like to reassure our millions of loyal customers that all of our flagship smartphones, which are used and loved by American consumers, will remain for sale and available for customer service support in the U.S.," Samsung mentioned in a statement. As per the company, the decision will not have any impact on America based consumer. Moreover, AAPL was derided for "abusing the judicial system to create bad legal precedent which can harm consumer choice for generations to come."

Bloomberg has also highlighted that this decision will not damage Samsung instantly. However, in the times to come, the tech giant will get more significance and an upper hand whilst negotiating for patents.

The tech behemoths in the fraternity seem to be on the side of Samsung. Recently, many tech giant including Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. have filed a petition where the Supreme Court has been pleaded to hear Samsung’s side of the story.

Hence, in a nutshell, Apple may enjoy the superiority in the times to come but so far winning the battle is actually futile for them since it won’t result in anything fruitful.