A U.S. appeals court has overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung, reports Reuters (http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N16510E). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., said Samsung didn’t infringe Apple’s “quick links” patent, and that two other patents covering the iPhone’s slide-to-unlock and auto-correct features were invalid.
The court also said Apple was liable for infringing one of Samsung’s patents. Apple’s “quick links” patent, as the main focus in Samsung’s latest effort to overturn major court victories by the Cupertino, California-based company over the past two years. Samsung’s attorney Kathleen Sullivan said Samsung didn’t use the same technology as Apple to detect and link to specific data, such as phone numbers, in its phones’ Web browser and messenger applications. However, Apple’s lawyer, William Lee, told the nation’s top court specializing in patent issues, that the jury’s verdict was supported by “substantial evidence.”
