revealed their final list of allegations ahead of a trial
starting March 31st. Though each started with five
disputed patents, Samsung only has four now since a
multimedia sync patent was knocked out earlier by
Judge Lucy Koh. She also gave Apple a summary
judgement win on its auto-complete IP, putting it ahead
before the trial even begins. As for the rest, it's worth
noting that all of Apple's patents are related to user
interaction, while two of Samsung's are standards-
essential (FRAND) patents -- which companies are
normally obligated to license out. Samsung did have
one point in its favor, however: the USPTO has agreed
to take a second look at the validity of Apple's
aforementioned auto-complete patent.
As for the devices accused of infringing those patents,
none are very recent models and many aren't even on
the market anymore. However, the historical sales of
each will affect the size of any award given by the court
if an allegation is upheld. That's a lot of infringement
for ultra-popular models like the Galaxy Note II,
Galaxy S III, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s, which have far
outsold disputed models from the previous trial (like
Samsung's original Galaxy S). Other names on the list
include the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 from
Samsung, along with Apple's iPad 2, iPad with Retina
display (3rd-gen), iPad with Retina display (4th-gen)
and iPad Mini (the original, without a Retina display).
Of course, there's always the upcoming negotiations
between company CEOs to avoid all that, but... nah,
who are we kidding.
SOURCE: Foss Patents
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