Apple should Samsung provide insight into the contracts that the company has signed with Australian carriers, the courts have determined. Samsung gave previously that the damages suffered by the discount that telco’s give on the new iPhone.
Because Australian telco’s Apples iPhone with high discounts and sales, would Samsung less good products to sell. For that reason, wants the Korean manufacturer that Apple contracts with telecom providers to the public. Thus, according to Samsung to be better assessed what the impact of the discounts on the smartphone market.
The court has determined that Apple have agreements with Vodafone, SingTel Optus and Telstra, Samsung should reveal, reports Bloomberg. Samsung hopes to be able to show that the damage resulting from the sale of the iPhone 4S, which, according to the Korean company infringed on its 3g patents. In addition, Samsung also that Apple a look in the source code of the iOS software. Also this would the manufacturer need to demonstrate that the iPhone 4S is no longer sold should be. About this when the judge has not yet issued a ruling.
Samsung and Apple are in a long-term legal fight, in which lawsuits may be brought in different countries, including the Netherlands. Apple has tried to get a sales ban to enforce for a number of products from Samsung. In the Netherlands managed that with the Galaxy S II, but Samsung had to know to go ahead with the sale, by adjustment of the photo gallery app, that infringed on patents of Apple. In an Apple-filed lawsuit in Australia, the company realised a ban on the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, to enforce.