Apple (AAPL) Wins Landmark Case Against Google's (GOOG) Android OS
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) received a favorable ruling this afternoon from a Dutch court, as it ordered an injunction against the sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, and Ace smartphones across the entire European Union.
Rechtbank's-Gravenhage (the Dutch court located in the Hague) found that Samsung’s smartphones violate one of Apples software patents, “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.”
The order, which takes effect in seven weeks, will include the Netherlands and any European Union country where the patent is registered.
All Things Digital (ATD) notes that this is the first out of many lawsuits around the world that has found that Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operating system infringes on one if Apple’s patents.
FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller notes, "In all likelihood, the winning patent is infringed by Android itself — probably not the operating system per se, but by one or more of the applications that ship with Android and without which the usefulness of Android would be impaired in one particular area. Apple now has the first enforceable court decision in its hand that finds Android to infringe an Apple patent."
Though the victory is a small one, it's definitely a landmark decision against Android, which has rocketed over the last year to become the number one OS run on smartphones in the U.S. and worldwide.
Mueller also said "Samsung may be able to work around that particular patent without a huge degradation of the usability of its devices because it appears to relate to the way users flip through the pictures in a photo gallery."
Samsung later issued a statement saying it would "take all possible measures including legal action to ensure that there is no disruption in the availability of our Galaxy smartphones to Dutch consumers."
Apple is 0.2 percent lower Wednesday afternoon.
Rechtbank's-Gravenhage (the Dutch court located in the Hague) found that Samsung’s smartphones violate one of Apples software patents, “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.”
The order, which takes effect in seven weeks, will include the Netherlands and any European Union country where the patent is registered.
All Things Digital (ATD) notes that this is the first out of many lawsuits around the world that has found that Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operating system infringes on one if Apple’s patents.
FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller notes, "In all likelihood, the winning patent is infringed by Android itself — probably not the operating system per se, but by one or more of the applications that ship with Android and without which the usefulness of Android would be impaired in one particular area. Apple now has the first enforceable court decision in its hand that finds Android to infringe an Apple patent."
Though the victory is a small one, it's definitely a landmark decision against Android, which has rocketed over the last year to become the number one OS run on smartphones in the U.S. and worldwide.
Mueller also said "Samsung may be able to work around that particular patent without a huge degradation of the usability of its devices because it appears to relate to the way users flip through the pictures in a photo gallery."
Samsung later issued a statement saying it would "take all possible measures including legal action to ensure that there is no disruption in the availability of our Galaxy smartphones to Dutch consumers."
Apple is 0.2 percent lower Wednesday afternoon.
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