Apple Asks Samsung 1 Billion For Patent Infringement

The legal problems between Samsung and Apple are far from over, this time the Cupertino company returns to the fray and asks South Korea for $ 1 billion for patent infringements.

Apple accuses Samsung of patent infringement with its original Galaxy S

Patents are always the subject of controversy within the technology sector, and even more so when two giants like Apple and Samsung are involved, who compete directly in the market. Apple accuses Samsung of having violated several patent rights, therefore it requires the Korean to pay no less than $ 1 billion. Apple points to three design and two utility patents, these patents were infringed with the design of Samsung's first Galaxy S series terminal, it has rained a lot since then.

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The figure of 1, 000 million is not something arbitrary, it is all the benefits obtained by Samsung due to the sale of the Galaxy S, in other words, Apple wants all the money Samsung has earned for the sale of a device that violated its patents. Of course, Samsung is not happy to pay so much money, so it prefers to pay for the components that are affected by patents, which translates into approximately $ 28 million.

Logically, the Cupertino firm will want to take out as much money as possible from its rival, surely throughout the following months we have news of a soap opera that will come to court. Hopefully both companies will be able to reach a mutual agreement. A few years ago, Samsung was in charge of manufacturing the bitten apple processors, a relationship that ended due to legal problems.

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