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ITC preliminary decision says Samsung infringed Apple's text-selection patent – Firstpost

The several concurrent Apple vs Samsung patent trials are like the gift that keeps on giving. After Apple won $1billion-plus in damages last year in The several concurrent Apple vs Samsung patent trials are like the gift that keeps on giving. Apple’s patent war with Samsung is still hurtling forward at breakneck speed and now the two companies have entered courtrooms in at least 10 countries. An International Trade Commission judge has announced a preliminary decision that says Samsung infringed a key portion of an Apple patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, Reuters reports. Last October, it was ITC Judge Thomas Pender who had ruled in a preliminary decision that the Korean chaebol had infringed four of Apple patents but cleared Samsung in two others contentious patents listed in the complaint.

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