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…suits, which claimed they are “slavish” copies of iPhone and iPad. Samsung recently overtook Nokia in the smartphone market, and its Galaxy S II offers a larger screen and faster processor than iPhone 4. In September, Apple even forced Samsung to withdraw a prototype tablet device from the show floor of a Berlin electronics show. Samsung’s larger Galaxy 10.1 tablet remains illegal in Europe…
…can consumer”. “It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices,” it added. The jury ruled that some of Samsung’s handsets, including its Galaxy S 4G model, had infringed Apple’s design patents for the look of its iPhone including the system it uses to display text and icons. However, it dismissed the allegation that the South Korean firm…
Samsung Electronics says that it expects its profits to surge 79% in the second quarter as sales of its smartphones continue to grow. It has forecast an operating profit of 6.7 trillion won ($5.9 billion) for the period, its highest quarterly profit since 2008. Samsung overtook Nokia as the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones earlier this year. Analysts said its profits may rise even fur…
…d speculation about a power struggle in communist-run Vietnam, and a suspected plot to curb the power of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, to whom Kien has close ties. ACB faced a run on its deposits in 2003 after rumors, which were later proved false, spread about the arrest of one of its executives at the time. Nguyen Duc Kien is also a shareholder in other commercial banks, including Kien Long Co…
y patents; $121 million in supplemental damages based on Samsung’s product sales not covered in the jury’s deliberation; and $50 million of prejudgment interest on damages through December 31. The requests together come to $707 million. Apple asks for new court order to permanently ban Samsung Galaxy S III sales in US Apple wants the injunction to cover “any of the infringing pr…
esses is enhanced,” said Robert Yi, head of investor relations at Samsung. Samsung said its IT and mobile communications division, which manufactures the smartphones, made an operating profit of 4.27 trillion won during the period, as revenues in the division surged 86% from a year earlier. Samsung Electronics has overtaken Nokia to become the world's largest maker of mobile phones Sams…
Samsung Electronics has reported a record quarterly profit in the first three months of 2013, boosted mainly by growing sales of its smartphones. The South Korean company made a net profit of 7.15 trillion won ($6.4 billion) during the period, up from 5.05 trillion won a year ago. Profits also rose from the previous quarter. Samsung’s results are in sharp contrast with rival Apple, which th…
rters of 2012 in an estimated amount of up to 70 million Euros.” At the same time, the firm said first-quarter net income increased. Adidas’ profit was 289 million Euros in the quarter, up 38% from the previous year, and it also raised its annual sales target. It now expects sales to rise 10% this year. …
for the Netherlands, where Apple has a separate trial. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was the best selling tablet ever in Europe since its launch, comparing to every other tablet, except for the iPad 2. Samsung can appeal against this court decision, but even so Apple won a major victory against its main competitor, managing to block for a few weeks Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 selling, which s…
…ys before coming to a unanimous decision, rejecting all of Samsung’s claims and upholding five of Apple’s allegations, including: • Some of Samsung’s handsets, including its Galaxy S 4G model, infringed Apple’s design patents for the look of its iPhone including the system it uses to display text and icons • All the disputed Samsung devices had copied Apple’s “b…
Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not infringed its tablet design rights. A judge at the High Court in London had originally ruled in July that the look of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab computers was not too similar to designs registered in connection with the iPad. He said at the time that Samsung’s devices were not as “cool” because they lacked Apple&…
Samsung is set to launch Galaxy S4, a device included its flagship premium smartphone range. Galaxy S4 follows the S3, a handset that has sold more than 40 million units. The Galaxy handsets are seen as the closest competitor to Apple’s iPhone. Analysts predict software that tracks where users are looking and automatically scrolls down the page as it is read, without it being touched. There…
Samsung Galaxy Skin has demonstrated bendable AMOLED screens 4.5 inches across and just 0.3mm thick in January 2011. Reports this week hint that Samsung Galaxy Skin using the technology – which can be “rolled up” and survive hammer blows – will appear in the second quarter of 2012. The new Samsung Galaxy Skin technology relies on atom-thick layers of “graphene” – sheets of carbo…
ly once the name, product, packaging, price and distribution are all in place. “Advertising is a brilliant way to burn through a lot of cash very quickly, so treat it carefully,” he warns. 4. Risk vs. reward The rewards of setting up a business are great, he says. “You go from nothing to something that you have created and you meet so many more interesting people, you learn so ma…
The US Court of Appeals has overturned a ban on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus phone, in a blow to Apple in the ongoing battle between the two rivals. It said the district court in California, which had issued the ban in June, had “abused its discretion in entering an injunction”. Earlier this month, a sales ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the US was a…
…udge Tamotsu Shoji dismissed the case filed by Apple in August, finding that Samsung was not in violation of Apple patents related to synchronizing music and video data between devices and servers. On 24 August, a US court ruled Samsung had infringed Apple patents for mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad. The company has vowed to continue to fight against Apple saying it will appeal again…
#8217;s Samsung and LG, while Apple has challenged it in audio gear and phones. On Tuesday, Sony forecast a record annual loss of $6.4 billion, double its previous estimate. Its share price has fallen 40% over the past 12 months. Sony says it will focus its business on three areas – digital imaging, games consoles and mobile devices. The electronics company hopes the changes will help to gen…
…t phone can double as the remote SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 Height: 136.6 mm (5.38 inches) Width: 69 mm (2.72 inches) Depth: 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) Weight: 130 grams (4.59 ounces) Touchscreen: 5in Pixel density: 441 per inch Display: 1920-by-1080 pixels Network speeds: 3G and 4G LTE Lite Camera: 13 megapixel in back-facing camera, 2 megapixel in front-facing Voice recognition: Can translate 9 languages and u…
Samsung Electronics shares have suffered their biggest fall in a single day in almost four years, after a US jury found the technology giant copied designs from Apple. The South Korean company’s shares fell 7% in Seoul trading, the most since October 2008. The company was ordered to pay $1.05 billion in damages to Apple, in one of the most significant rulings in a global intellectual proper…
PepsiCo has decided to withdraw Mountain Dew goat commercial over criticism that it depicts racial stereotypes and makes light of violence against women. The online Mountain Dew ad shows a battered white woman on crutches being asked to identify a suspect out of a police line-up of black men and a goat. One blogger described the 60-second video as “arguably the most racist commercial in his…
High Court of Australia has decided to lift the ban on the sale of Samsung’s tablet, Galaxy Tab, in the country in time for the Christmas shopping season. Apple won a ban on Galaxy Tab, claiming Samsung had copied its iPhone and iPad. South Korean Samsung had been unable to sell products in Australia since July. Apple and Samsung are engaged in legal battles in more than 10 countries since…
…rms in the US. A South Korean court has ruled that tech giants Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices The sales ban will apply to Apple’s iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and its tablets the iPad and iPad 2. Samsung products affected by the ban include its smartphone models Galaxy SI and SII and its Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PCs. The court ordered Ap…
…publish a statement on its website admitting that Samsung had not infringed its designs. Meanwhile, sales bans sought by Apple against Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus phone and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the US were also lifted in October. In November, a judge in the US dismissed a case brought by Apple alleging that Google’s Motorola unit was seeking excessive royalty p…
…se of patents under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions. Firms pay royalties to the patent holder to use the technology. Ericsson earned $938 million last year in revenue from more than 100 licence agreements with companies in the industry. However, stiff competition has lead to a much more protective stance by many companies over their patents in order to generate revenues. Earlier…
Eurovision 2013: Azerbaijan inquiry into "nul points" for RussiaAzerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Voters and the official Azerbaijan…
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