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U.S.: Judge allows Samsung phones using Apple patents to stay on shelves

By  |  December 18, 2012

A U.S. District Judge has rejected Apple Inc.’s demand that Samsung immediately stop selling cell phone models recently found to be illegally using Apple technology. Three of Samsung’s smartphones were found last August to be using Apple technology of the iPhone by a jury in San Jose. That jury subsequently ordered a $1.05 billion fine to be paid to Apple. Judge Lucy Koh ruled, however, that ordering Samsung to pull the phones was “too broad” of a punishment due to the fact that hundreds of patents are used in a single device, and noting that only a “small fraction” of the features of the Samsung phones in question use Apple patents. Judge Koh also rejected Samsung’s request for a new trial, requested on the claim of alleged misconduct by a juror.

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