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Apple, Samsung Finally Settle Long-Running Patent Dispute

The biggest patent battle of the modern technology world has finally come to an end after seven years. Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. told a judge Wednesday they’d resolved the first filed but last remaining of the legal disputes …

Next Battle in Patent Wars: Smartphone Cases

The smartphone patent wars have lit up courtrooms around the world. Next up: the smartphone case wars. The makers of protective cases that shield cell phones from coffee spills and sticky-fingered toddlers are entangled in countless lawsuits seeking to protect …

How Apple Outsmarted Samsung in Patent Dispute

In August 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc. lawyers flew to South Korea. Apple’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, had already told Samsung executives at a meeting earlier that summer …

In Apple v. Samsung, Attention Turns to Alchemy of Damages

Between the hotshot designers and brainy engineers Apple Inc. questioned for three weeks in the company’s bitterly fought patent battle against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a marketing expert from MIT took Apple’s lawyers all of three minutes. But the testimony …

Apple Claims $2.5 Billion Damages in Samsung Patent Case

Apple Inc. claims it is entitled to $2.525 billion of damages in its high-stakes battle against Samsung Electronics Co over patents for technology used in smartphones and tablets, such as the iPhone and iPad. The estimate was revealed in a …