Samsung's Apple Patent Warfare Completely Launched: Application for Prohibition of Sales Order to Asia Pacific

On October 17, Samsung Electronics announced that it has filed an injunction application with the courts of Japan and Australia, requesting the ban on iPhone 4S sales in both countries.

Samsung’s lawsuit against Apple has made progress. According to "Daily Economic News" reporter, foreign media reported that on October 17th, Samsung Electronics announced that it has submitted an injunction application to the courts of Japan and Australia, requesting that the iPhone 4S be banned in both countries. The patent wars between the two technology giants are heating up.

In early September, Samsung Electronics stated that once Apple sold iPhone 4S in France and Italy, it would apply for a ban immediately. Yi Yi Consulting Chairman Zhang Yi said in an interview with the reporter of “Daily Economic News” that Samsung will certainly take the above measures.

In the subsequent European time on October 5, Samsung Electronics announced that Apple’s new iPhone4S has infringed upon several Samsung Electronics patented technologies. Among them, the iPhone4S infringed on the data security transmissions that Samsung Electronics had in France. The two patents in Italy infringed on two patents owned by Samsung Electronics concerning data recovery. On the morning of the same day, Samsung Electronics officially submitted applications for the ban on iPhone4S to courts in Paris, France and Milan, Italy.

Two weeks later, Samsung Electronics extended its application for a ban on sales orders to the Asia Pacific region. According to foreign media reports, the company stated in a statement on October 17th that Apple’s patents are constantly infringing on its free use of its technology. This is something they cannot tolerate. Samsung Electronics will take every possible action to protect itself. Intellectual property.

IT commentator Zhang Shule believes that Samsung’s goal of expanding its litigation scope is directed at suppressing the iPhone4S. “At this moment, it is in its sales season, and laying it down will curb the iPhone’s offensive.”

But Apple is not silent. It is understood that Apple sued Samsung Electronics mainly focused on copying iPhone and iPad design style. In contrast, Samsung’s lawsuit against Apple focuses on technical patents. As Samsung Electronics stated, Apple’s related products infringe on 10 patented technologies such as style transmission, power control, efficiency transmission, and wireless data communication that Samsung Electronics involves.