Samsung Electronics wants to take its patent case against Apple Inc. to the U.S Supreme Court. This is noted to have been caused by the copyright issue that has arisen between the two tech giants.
CNET recently reported that the South Korean electronics giant already filed a request with the highest court in the US, asking it to re-examine the verdicts made in the patent infringement lawsuits pitting Samsung against Apple. The trial that has ended in 2012 laid a spot light on the designs behind some of the most popular smartphones, and it resulted in Samsung ultimately having to pay Apple $548 million.
Digital Trends said on its article that Samsung is escalating this case because the company believes that the way the laws were understood is not in line with modern times.
Additionally, the company stated that the current legal pattern stands, it could diminish innovation, suppress competition, pave the way for design patent troll litigation, and negatively influence the economy and consumers. Just because Samsung escalated its patent lawsuit with Apple to the Supreme Court doesn't reportedly mean the company will get its way as the justices in the United States' highest court can choose not to move forward with the case.
Furthermore, if the justices decide to do so, however, Samsung and Apple will each file briefs on the merits of the case, and both companies will be given 30 minutes to make oral arguments.
Mashable noted that the last time the Supreme Court heard a case on patents covering the appearance of a product instead of the way it works was in the late 1800s. This was when the court battles concerned designs of spoon handles, carpets and saddles. The smartphone is quickly becoming as common belonging as those items were in the Victorian age.
Approximately, two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, the Pew Research Center said in April, up from about a third just four years earlier. Apparently, the Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics are the top two manufacturers of this type of device.
Apple, however, reportedly refused to provide a comment on the Supreme Court filing. Instead, it referred to its 2012 statement at the time of the previous ruling, when it said that the decision sent "a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right."
The Supreme Court is predicted to make a decision whether to take the case by February.
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