Huffington post and Reuters reported on the first day of November that new Apple iPad mini uses a display from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd,. The gadget-repair specialist company, iFixit, discovered a Samsung display diver chip from Apple’s new iPad mini recently. The discovery is remarkable because both Apple and Samsung have been engaged in patent disputes across countries, and Apple is believed to be seeking ways to rely less on Samsung. Here is detailed information.
| ©iFixit | The screen shot of Samsung display in iPad mini |
Reuters and several news agencies reported on November 2nd, LG settled LED Patent dispute with Osram in Korea. LG Innotek and Osram had agreed LED patent suits and dropped all litigation related to lighting product technology in five countries: South Korea, the US, Japan, China and Germany. Two parties have reached a license agreement for their respective LED patent portfolios and the details are confidential. Also, they will withdraw all five countries’ patent litigation cases automatically. You can find the detailed information here.
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| ©Osram and © LG Innotek |
On November 3rd, Cnet reported that Apple had to reissue and update its statement on the British Web site after UK court of Appeal found it to be “untrue” and “incorrect”. Weeks earlier, the U.K. court ordered Apple to apologize to Samsung. The article said that the notice must stayed on Apple’s site for one month and had to include the statement that Samsung did not infringed Apple’s patents and therefore did not “breach U.K.law.” However, Apple added their opinion “along with the court-ordered text in a bid to lessen the impact” Finally, the U.K. court ordered Apple to reissue the ‘apology’ on their Web site and number of British newspapers. Check out how Apple forced to “eat humble pie” according to the original article here.
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| © Apple | The screen shot of Apple's apoloty on the UK Website |
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| ©Seoul Philharmonic | The website |
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| © Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra | The website |
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