The endless war in the courts waged by the two most powerful companies in the mobile device sector has closed (for now) another of its chapters, resolved with an important moral victory for Samsung about Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. Those of Cupertino will not be able to sell several of their iPads y iPhones in the United States after the ITC has found that these infringe a patent of the Korean company. We give you the details.
The International Trade Commission has ruled that iPad of the first, second and third generation in their versions with 3G of the operator AT&T infringe a patent on Samsung and that from now on they will not be able to be imported, distributed or sold within the borders of the United States. More than anything, this sentence supposes, as we say, a moral victory, since at a commercial level Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it will not be greatly affected by the ban.
Some models of the iPhone from the same operator: the 3G, 3Gs and 4. However, the last generations of the Apple tablet and smartphone have been left out of the sentence, which should undoubtedly be a relief for the apple company that, Either way, you have a deadline for appeal ITC's decision.
This is the second victory of Samsung about Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), during this year in one of the bodies that review complaints of patent infringement, since last March a California court lowered the amount of the high-profile fine that was imposed on the Korean company in the fall of 2012. From the initial $ 1.000 billion, Samsung He "only" had to pay 600 to his competitor.
The Korean firm, for its part, has congratulated itself on the ruling and has stated, according to El Mundo, that the final decision of the International Trade Commission reveals “the history of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),”When taking advantage of the technological innovations of Samsung. It is, however, a simple battle, since the patent war will continue, we suppose, for a long time.
We remind you that, for your part, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), also accused the Galaxy S4 from taking advantage of several of his patents just a couple of weeks ago.