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Samsung today announced they have filed a lawsuit in Australia against Apple, claiming the iPhone and iPad infringe on 7 of their patents.
Samsung Electronics spokesman Nam Ki-yung told the Wall Street Journal, “To defend our intellectual property, Samsung filed a cross claim for Apple’s violation of Samsung’s wireless technology patents.”
If this news sounds familar to you that’s because the Apple recently filed a lawsuit in Australia against Samsung, claiming their Galaxy Tab infringed on 10 of their patents. The Galaxy Tab is currently temporarily banned from being sold in Australia due to the patent lawsuit filed by Apple.
Samsung agreed to not sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia until September 30, even though it was meant to go on sale September 12. As part of the deal, should Samsung win the case Apple has agreed to pay the company damages for lost sales. Hearings have been scheduled on September 26 and September 29 to decide if Samsung will be allowed to sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia.
This latest twist in the ongoing patent war between Samsung and Apple which has been ongoing for many months now, means if Samsung were successful the iPhone and iPad could not be sold in Australia.
Apple and Samsung are currently fighting it out in at least 12 courts, in nine different countries. It is expected at some point they will come to some sort of agreement for all devices to be sold worldwide. That could mean the guilty party ends up paying a licensing fee to use the patents.
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