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Apple Throws a Tantrum After Being Ordered to Tell Samsung Their HTC Secrets

By Connor Simpson | The Atlantic Wire – 11 hrs ago

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The legal war between Samsung and Apple is going really well and they're both behaving like civil, reasonable adults. Ha, no, not really. Apple just threw a tantrum because they were ordered to tell Samsung a bunch of secrets that could potentially help Samsung keep their products on the shelves.

RELATED: Apple's Apology to Samsung Is More of a Diss Than an Apology

On Thursday, a judge ordered Apple to hand over informationabout their patent deal with HTC to Samsung. Samsung wants to see the patent agreement between HTC and Apple because it could potentially help their defense in Apple's crusade to get most of Samsung's biggest products taken off store shelves. The Verge's Bryan Bishop explained it best: 

If so, the company argues, Apple's request that infringing Samsung products be removed from the market falls apart, because Apple was happy to "forego exclusivity in exchange for money" — and in this instance, Apple is already receiving money in the form of a hefty $1.049 billion verdict.

So, most likely in response to that judge's ruling, Apple added a bunch of new products to thenever-ending list of Samsung things they want taken off store shelves for infringing on their patents. The new list includes the following: 

RELATED: Is the New Samsung Tablet Different Enough from the iPad Now?

• Samsung's Galaxy S III running the latest Android software (which recently passed the iPhone in global dominance)
• Samsung's Galaxy Note 2
• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wifi
• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
• Samsung's Rugby Pro
• Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini

This is just another chapter in the totally mature, totally civil legal battle between the two companies. It will get uglier before it's resolved, we can promise you that. 

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Samsung wins preliminary round over Apple patent

By Diane Bartz | Reuters – 16 hrs ago

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which is battling Apple Inc across the globe for dominance of the smartphone market, dealt the California company a setback by winning a preliminary invalidation of a key Apple patent, according to a court filing.

The fight is related to Apple's war against Google, whose Android software powers many of Samsung's devices.

Samsung said in a filing late Monday that examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) had taken a second look at an Apple patent and decided that it should not have been granted. The patent allows a user with a touch screen to bounce back to the image on the screen if the user goes beyond the edge.

The patent was one of six that Samsung was found to have infringed by a jury in a California federal court in August. It awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages.

The case is being appealed, and Samsung is pursuing other challenges such as requests for the PTO to reexamine the patent.

Scott Daniels, a litigation partner at Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian LLP who is not part of the case, said the PTO's preliminary invalidation is not the end of the battle over this specific patent.

He said the patent remains valid through the appeals process.

The case in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al, No. 11-1846.

(Reporting By Diane Bartz;editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid)