Samsung included the redacted version of Apple HTC license and settle agreement in the hearing of the federal court. Samsung call upon the document so to see that if there is any overlapping in the patent added in case against Apple and HTC agreement.
Samsung is having $1.05 billion is at stake on this patent judgment against the Korean company. Samsung wants this company to be thrown out from the market or at least reduced. Meanwhile, Apple is trying to seek additional of $535 million in the damages.Two weeks ago the redacted version of the Apple-HTC agreement was released. The newest version of the agreement is less blacked out and is still not shown. In accordance with the available information, Apple and HTC will have non-exclusive access to the patent of each other. Apple has decided not to sue certain products and its design patents will appear excluded. The scope of the agreement is posted in the PDF format at the blog of Foss patents.
The patent '381 about rubber banding cannot be worked without losing its major benefits; however it won't be covering the other inferiors like scrolling on multi touch device. The '163 patent that is for tap to zoom can be avoided without affecting on the usability. The tricky part is '915 patent for pinch to zoom API. As Apple is disputing that Samsung's purported workaround steers clear of infringement.
US court has ordered Apple to provide a detail copy of the agreement with HTC to the Samsung. The Taiwan based mobile manufacturer and Apple has stalled their lawsuits on November 10. It took almost two and a half years after legal accusations and wrangling and each company has infringed their patents.
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