The Cupertino company has seen the "slide to unlock" patent ruling settled in its favor and now Samsung will have to pay about $ 120 million to the Cupertino guys. An important figure that seems to have no more resource options from Samsung and will finally have to pay.
The South Korean continued adding resources until exhausting the legal channels of the lawsuit imposed by Apple in 2014 and the Supreme Court of the United States, has dismissed each and every one of them until reaching the final judgment on the amount to be paid by Samsung to Apple.
On these patents that Apple registers (which by the way we have not seen an important one for a long time) they are on numerous occasions to receive economic income and not so much to implement the patented technologies in the firm's devices. Although in this case the patent was being implemented in the iPhone and the rest of iOS devices, such as the iPad or the iPod Touch. The use of these patents without prior payment is something that many companies do and in this case Apple wins against Samsung that you will have to pay to use the "slide to unlock" format on your devices.
It is true that the legal battles between Apple and Samsung have cooled down over time, but it is also true that Apple continues with several open fronts in terms of lawsuits and the closest case they have now is with Qualcomm. In any case, the important thing is that this resolution confirms that the Failure to pay patent royalties can have serious consequences and this figure is important for any company, no matter how big Samsung is.