Samsung loses another patent case against Apple

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It's not going too well for Samsung over in the German courts, where the second of three patent suits it brought against Apple has been rejected.

The blow comes just a week after the courts kicked its first patent complaint to the kerb, with both complaints relating to the 3G UMTS wireless telecommunications standard.

The ruling may have come as a bit of a surprise to Samsung, as IP expert Florian Mueller notes that this second case looked fairly promising at the relevant hearings back in November 2011.

Portents

The hearing to decide the fate of the third patent is set for 2 March, so Samsung has a bit of time to pick itself back up and brush itself off before it heads back to court.

As well as technical shenanigans like 3G standards, Samsung is also suing Apple over a patent relating to how one enters smileys on a mobile device.

You know, the really important stuff.

From Reuters

Tags: Samsung, Apple, patents, 3GTweetreddit!StumbleuponComment on this article  Your comments (2) Click to add a new commentbradavon

7 hours ago

2. Whilst at the same time the Galaxy S2's sales are soaring. Consumers certainly don't care.

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j_h__

11 hours ago

1. The only winners in these patent disputes are the lawyers making millions

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