Samsung Going to Pay Apple $930M, Will Continue Product Sales

The long running battle between Samsung and Apple regarding the patent lawsuit has finally come to a conclusion. Apple is finally going to get a total of $930 million for all the damages that were done by Samsung. However, Apple’s request to ban all the products that were infringing the patent has been rejected and Samsung can now freely sell the products in US.

The case was started in 2012 when Apple claimed that Samsung has infringed multiple patents that were owned by Apple. At first, Apple was set to receive $1.05 billion, but then Samsung reasoned that there were some divergences in the amount Apple has been given by the jury. After that, a trial was pursued and the total amount was finally reduced  $929.8 million.

The case is finally ended and in return Apple now has $930 million from Samsung. Luckily, Samsung was awarded in a way too, they can now continue selling their products in US without any hassle from Apple.

But that’s not all, Samsung is already facing another lawsuit from Apple in which the company has added Samsung Galaxy S III in the list of devices that are currently infringing Apple’s patent. Since the companies couldn’t have a mutual understanding outside the court. The case will be taking place at the end of this month.

What do you think of Apple’s consistent pestering with these lawsuits? Do you think Apple is stepping out of the line and suing Samsung without any probably causes or it’s the other way around? Let us know what you think.

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Apple Files Patent for Anti-Reflective Display for iPad

In 2012 AppAdvice asked the question: "Will an Anti-Reflective Screen Ever Come to the iPhone and iPad?" Well, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple today titled "UV Mask with Anti-Reflection Coating and UV Absorption Material," that answers that question. Apple's patent reveals that an anti-reflection film will be added to the manufacturing process of a future iPad display. The new anti-reflective process may extend to other products in the future including the iPhone, other portables and a television.

According to Apple's patent filing; patent FIG. 5 noted above illustrates a UV mask that includes an anti-reflection film and a UV absorption film to prevent reflections from the mask to the mother glass. In this embodiment, the UV mask may include a metal coating or a black mask (BM). As shown, the UV absorption film is adjacent to and covers the UV mask. The anti-reflection film or coating is provided over the UV absorbing film. An adhesive may be used to adhere the UV absorber to the mask. As such, the antireflection film is placed on top of the UV mask, with the anti-reflection layer facing towards the LCD assembly.

In one embodiment, the UV blocking layer on the mask (e.g., metal and/or BM) are on the same side of the glass as the anti-reflection film. The antireflection film may generally include a plastic substrate that contains UV absorbers and an anti-reflection coating that is effective in the UV range of the spectrum.

Patent Credits

Apple credits Cheng Chen, Kyung-Wook Kim and John Zhong as the inventors of this patent application which was originally filed in Q4 2012. To review this technical patent, see Apple's patent application 20130233482.

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