Apple is an American corporation with a significant share of mobile devices, including tablet computers. The activities of the South Korean concern Samsung overlap with Apple in the production of mobile devices. This competition has become the reason for the patent wars between the two giants of the global electronics industry.
Apple accuses Samsung of copying the design of iPads and iPhones in its Galaxy Tab series. In addition to the design, the lawsuit includes elements of the operating system graphical interface and the design of the packaging of gadgets. In total, the court documents listed 22 points of coincidence of design elements, the totality of which, in the opinion of the American corporation, violates patent laws and intellectual property rights.
Apple lawyers have filed such claims in courts of different countries and continents. Most of them are still being considered, and in the few that have already been considered, decisions were made in different directions - both in favor of Apple and Samsung. A major victory in this litigation can be considered the decision of a California court in June 2012 to ban the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the United States. The ban will remain in effect in the country until the completion of the new proceedings. Such a decision will cause significant financial damage to the South Korean concern, but, according to American judge Lucy Koh, its size does not compare with Apple's losses.
In December last year, a court in the Dutch Hague rejected a similar claim by the Americans. And British judge Colin Bierce denied Apple's claims in a much more radical manner. His decision required the American corporation to post on its website a statement about the dissimilarity of the iPad to the Galaxy Tab within six months.
The courts decide on both Apple's claims and Samsung's counterclaims. But unlike the South Korean concern, the Americans are waging patent wars on several fronts - the Yabloko players have legal claims against Google and HTC. Along with the litigation, Apple does not stop working with these companies. For example, South Koreans supply MacBook memory modules and microprocessors for American corporation mobile devices, including the controversial iPad tablets.
