One more. And they go ... For the umpteenth time in recent history, Samsung and Apple will face each other again before the Supreme Court this week as parterre its endless legal litigation for patent infringements.
Lawyers of the Californian company will meet again with the legal department of the Asian company, again for reasons similar to previous years, patent rights and their subsequent infringement. With a small and curious difference.
The South Korean technology giant will face the audience this time tomorrow Tuesday requesting the cancellation of a penalty already paid to Apple of about $ 399 million, from a previous lawsuit between these two multinationals.
Samsung's lawyers have argued that the amount referred to, based on the patent infringement on up to 11 devices, is a sum "Totally disproportionate". Apple, for its part, alleges that the "Disproportionate copy" justifies such a sentence.
Although Samsung has already paid such an amount to the Cupertino-based company, does not rule out the annulment of said sentence after this trial that starts tomorrow. Additionally, they have had to pay another $ 150 million for infringing the well-known technology patented by those of the apple, known as "Pinch to zoom (pinch to zoom)" on the company's smartphone.
As a novelty, it is interesting to note that this new face to face between the two colossi will be the first in 120 years of existence of the Supreme Court, in which judgment is made for the design and aesthetics of a product, and not because of its functionality. Therefore, this will be the first trial in which two companies face each other over the appearance of the product, a challenge for international justice.
Both Apple and Samsung are currently grappling with much higher cost lawsuits than those named in this fight. Apple with the European Community and its tax evasion, and Samsung with its disastrous and dangerous new flagship, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
A new confrontation between these two multinationals that joins many others previously, and that surely, it will not be their last battle.
Those of Samsung just go around seeing where they hit, they should better get high with their note, they are still exploding ...