Samsung is facing the possibility of being forced to pay Apple more than $1 billion in damages from its previous patent fight. So it?s not surprising that the company is looking for leverage wherever it can. The LTE-capable iPhone 5 presents one possibility.
Samsung?s trying really hard to rain on Apple?s iPhone 5 parade. On Thursday, one day before the first round of iPhone 5 shipments reach consumers? hands, Samsung threatened to include the device in an ongoing patent lawsuit targeting Apple.
The news come from a new court document filed by the Korean smartphone maker. According to Reuters:
?Samsung anticipates that it will file, in the near future, a motion to amend its infringement contentions to add the iPhone 5 as an accused product,? the company said in a U.S. court filing.
?Based on information currently available, Samsung expects that the iPhone 5 will infringe the asserted Samsung patents-in-suit in the same way as the other accused iPhone models.?
Samsung, you?ll remember, has already been found to have infringed on a bevy of Apple?s mobile patents in a landmark court case decided last month in California. As a result, Samsung is facing the possibility of being forced to pay Apple more than $1 billion in damages. So it?s not surprising that the company is looking for leverage wherever it can in its legal battle.
But what aspect of the iPhone 5 infringes on Samsung?s patents? The company already said it would sue Apple if it made an LTE-capable phone. But what else? No one outside of a few gadget reviewers, some developers and Apple employees have actually seen and used the device. That?s likely why Samsung says it is ?planning to file? a suit. Expect to hear more about this after the device goes on sale to the public tomorrow.
Source: http://gigaom.com/apple/before-first-sale-iphone-5-already-a-legal-target-for-samsung/
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