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Intellectual Property

Jul. 31, 2014

Apple continues retreat in smartphone legal wars

Facing the prospect of another unfavorable decision from a federal appeals court, Apple Inc. has dropped a major patent litigation effort to ban smartphones and tablets offered by rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Facing the prospect of another unfavorable decision from a federal appeals court, Apple Inc. has dropped a major patent litigation effort to ban smartphones and tablets offered by rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from the marketplace.


Apple has spent the past three years trying to convince U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to bar Samsung ...

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