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Samsung today asked the United States Supreme Court to hear its latest appeal in its ongoing patent battle with Apple, reports Re/code. In August, following a rejection from the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Samsung said it would take its case to the Supreme Court by November, and it has now followed through with those plans.

In its appeal, which also includes a wider criticism on patent law, Samsung says the jury was not provided with enough information to understand the patents, a problem it says afflicts many design patent cases.

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"Samsung is escalating this case because it believes that the way the laws were interpreted is not in line with modern times," it said in a statement. "If the current legal precedent stands, it could diminish innovation, stifle competition, pave the way for design patent troll litigation and negatively impact the economy and consumers."
Samsung has already agreed to pay a $548 million settlement to Apple, with the full sum expected to be paid by today, but should the Supreme Court rule in Samsung's favor, there is a clause that would require Apple to pay back the money.

Apple and Samsung have been battling over patent infringement issues since 2012, when a jury ruled Samsung willfully violated multiple Apple patents, resulting in $1 billion in damages. Since then, Samsung has been fighting the ruling. Over the course of several appeals and a partial retrial, Samsung has gotten the damages reduced to the $548 million total.

Samsung's appeal to the Supreme Court is a last ditch effort. Should the Supreme Court refuse to hear its appeal or rule in Apple's favor, Samsung will not be able to recoup the $548 million it is paying to Apple. Samsung could have some difficulty convincing the Supreme Court to look at its case, as the court is notoriously selective about the cases it agrees to hear.

Article Link: Samsung Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in Last Effort to Avoid $548 Million Apple Payment
 
At what point are they just paying more in lawyer costs than to just pay the reduced sum? When it was in the billions it was something to holler about, but now I feel like they are paying just about that much in lawyer fees.
 
Yeah good luck samsung. Its so blatantly obvious nowadays.
Yep ever since apple copied Samsung's screen sizes. Every company steals from each other so I don't see Samsung being able to prove that they didn't and getting off.

Our patent system needs some major reforms, but this isn't a case that seems likely going to make the Supreme Court to make any changes to it.
 
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It's a good thing the US Supreme court doesn't have anything more important to consider.

They might want to ask them to pre-emtively rule on the upcoming lawsuit for Samsung's force touch while they're at it.
 
Yep ever since apple copied Samsung's screen sizes. Every company steals from each other so I don't see Samsung being able to prove that they didn't and getting off.

Our patent system needs some major reforms, but this isn't a case that seems likely going to make the Supreme Court to make any changes to it.
Screen sizes? Are you flipping serious? Since the birth of displays, there has been a multitude of screen sizes. Samsung didn't invent different screen sizes. Screen size is not an invention or a technological breakthrough. It's exactly what it says a SIZE. If the patent system was fixed properly Samsung would owe a whole hell of a lot more. Samsung didn't invent "Monkey See, Monkey do" but they damn well perfected it.
 
Yep ever since apple copied Samsung's screen sizes. Every company steals from each other so I don't see Samsung being able to prove that they didn't and getting off.

Our patent system needs some major reforms, but this isn't a case that seems likely going to make the Supreme Court to make any changes to it.
Here you go: http://samsungcopiesapple.tumblr.com/

Have fun.
 
Samsung is spitting in the face of intellectual property rights and ethics, the very same foundation that helped build all of this and enabled them to grow into a world power. They're doing this to mock and demoralize the US patent system; which no matter what anyone says is still the strongest in the world. It's a vile, disgusting and shameless firm, infested with rotten management practices and blatant disregard for anything but short term profits.
 
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Screen sizes? Are you flipping serious? Since the birth of displays, there has been a multitude of screen sizes. Samsung didn't invent different screen sizes. Screen size is not an invention or a technological breakthrough. It's exactly what it says a SIZE. If the patent system was fixed properly Samsung would owe a whole hell of a lot more. Samsung didn't invent "Monkey See, Monkey do" but they damn well perfected it.
It's as much copying as having a rectangular phone with a touch screen covering the entire front was samsung copying apple.
 
Yep ever since apple copied Samsung's screen sizes. Every company steals from each other so I don't see Samsung being able to prove that they didn't and getting off.

Our patent system needs some major reforms, but this isn't a case that seems likely going to make the Supreme Court to make any changes to it.

I work for a company that files for patents all the time, and we are surprised at what Apple is able to patent when compared to other companies. You are correct, our patent system needs major reforms. I might not like Samsung, but I do sometimes feel Apple gets a bias in their favor when it comes to patents.

I also found this.

Not sure if this is old news, but it is a few months old.
 
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