Judge, The Hague: Samsung does not infringe Apple touch patent update

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Samsung in the Netherlands with some of the Galaxy devices don’t infringe on patents Apple holds on the recording of a ‘flag’ in multiple schermaanrakingen. The court of justice in The Hague has a previous pronouncement, from August last year, confirmed.

The appeal case went to the European patent EP 2.098.948, that Apple in 2011 was awarded. The patent describes the inclusion of a ‘flag’ in the registration of multiple touches on a touch screen, software can be used to unintended touchaanrakingen to ignore. The technology should be there in Android 2.3 and later and Samsung there would be infringement on the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 10.1 v and the Galaxy S, S II and Ace, claims Apple.

The court dismissed the claims, however, of the hand and Samsung do not need to adapt to the software. “The attacked Galaxy products do not fall under the scope of protection of EP 948,” writes the judge in the Hague, according to Computerworld. The court could, among other things, to statements in the foreign country refer; among other things, British and German judges would be comparable claims have rejected. Apple should of the court the full amount of the court costs, pay an amount of 325.000 euro.

In August last year, the court ruled in The Hague to be identical. In that case, it was, however, ruled that Samsung infringed on patents related to scrolling through a photo gallery.

Update, Wednesday 12: 30 p.m.: in the beginning was the message that Apple 216.000 euro had to pay, because Samsung has a third of the costs of the proceedings for his take, but this was incorrect: the judge ruled that Apple the entire amount it had to pay.