This is a long story and the veterans of the place will know that between the Cupertino company, Apple and the South Korean company, Samsung, there have been really notorious court battles. In this case we have an old but really important Lawsuit for copying the design of the iPhone and the first iPad.
All this goes back to last year 2011 when the Cupertino guys sued Samsung for an infringement of Apple's patents. All of this revolved around the iPhone interface, design and technology, which according to Apple had copied Samsung in their Galaxy ...
Apple asks Samsung to pay $ 1000 billion
In those days the Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Galaxy S were the main rivals of an iPhone and an iPad, today in terms of tablets the iPad does not have too many rivals and in terms of smartphones, it does, but not only from Samsung. In 2011 both companies crossed lawsuits and everything seemed calm until the Supreme Court has returned the patent case to the Federal CourtWith this, the guys from Cupertino continue to insist on asking for 1.000 million dollars from Samsung for the violation of their patents.
Bill Lee, Apple's lawyer did not want to make too many statements about it but dropped the comment:
While this is not a huge amount of money, Samsung has infringed (Apple's patents) millions, millions and millions of times
This new trial between the two companies after a time of "calm" regarding the lawsuits. Everything started yesterday and Apple's top executives will soon testify at the trial. This is one of the longest and most disputed lawsuits between both companies, proof of this is the start date of the entire process and the current date on which the trial resumes, we will see how and when it ends.