Coming off the good news that Samsung won Best Smartphone at the 2013 Mobile World Congress, the South Korean-based company lost a bid in banning Apple devices in Japan.
While the patent infringement trial continues in the U.S., a decision was made in Japan. Samsung Electronics Co. attempted to block the sales of the iPads and iPhones by Apple but the Tokyo District Court rejected the request.
According to Tokyo District Court Judge Ichiro Otaka, Samsung has not negotiated "sincerely" with the Cupertino-based company over the licensing data-sending patents.
Samsung's response is said to be "disappointed."
"We will take the measures necessary to protect our intellectual property rights," said Samsung spokesman Nam Ki-yung.
Apple has declined to comment so far.
The loss for Samsung does not translate to bad news for the company in the patent infringement trial in Japan. Last August, according to BusinessWeek, the Tokyo District Court separately ruled that Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung's smartphones and a tablet computer did not infringe on an Apple invention for synchronizing music and video data with servers.
The decision in the Japanese courts come as the two tech companies are still battling in California ahead of a second trial scheduled for March 2014.
As Latinos Post reported, Judge Lucy Koh, who has administered the U.S. patent infringement trial from the start including the August 2012 $1 billion verdict in Apple's favor, has called for two ruling ahead of the 2014 trial.
Judge Koh had asked Apple and Samsung to suspend their case to allow the U.S. Appeals Court to review the August 2012 verdict. Judge Koh stated the appeals court decision could determine how the next patent infringement trial will pan out. Attorneys for both companies have until March 7 to consent to Judge Koh's recommendation.
The judge's second ruling was for both companies to limit the list of infringed patents for the upcoming trial to 25 in order to "focus and streamline" the trial.
"We'll keep narrowing and narrowing," Judge Koh said. "You've already been litigating this thing for a year; you must know something about what's your best case."
The patents included in the 2014 trial are the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the iPhone 5 by Apple.
Latinos Post has covered the Apple vs. Samsung Patent Infringement Trial with a series chronicling the patent infringement case. The first installment can be read here, dating back Apple original complaint, while the second installment on how the Apple vs. Samsung trials is proceeding worldwide, click here. The third installment on its impact on other tech companies, such as HTC and Motorola, can be viewed here.
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