The eternal love story between Samsung and Apple is still latent. This time we go back to the time of the first iPhone, and the first Samsung Galaxy. We remember that good old Steve Jobs presented the "Slide to unlock" as a novelty on his iPhone, a new way of quick and easy unlocking. Nevertheless, It seems that Samsung liked the idea and wanted to include it in their own devices as well. What the Korean company did not have is the fact that Jobs liked to patent all his ideas, and the «Slide to unlock" it was not going to be less.
In the first instance, the courts determined that Samsung should compensate Apple for no less than 119,6 million dollars for the violation of the part. However, it is not here, The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, has determined that this fine should be extended, all due to indications that Samsung appears to have intentionally infringed the patent. Because of course, intentionality is an aggravating factor in any civil or criminal offense, and it seems that Samsung only wanted to play dumb, but included the function with the whole idea of taking advantage of the ideas of others.
As reported Bloomberg, Apple won several patent proceedings against Samsung on appeal, including the famous "Slide to Unlock ». This is not going to be the last time we talk about this issue, the two greats of world technology continue to bring them black in court, However, they continue to maintain a relationship in terms of the manufacture of products, we remember that until recently Samsung manufactured the processors of Apple's mobile devices, and even some of the screens. Another story to add to the eternal confrontation between the North American and Korean companies.
For so much exaggeration for the patent, it is something iconic of the iPhone and blah blah, to then pass it through the eggs and eliminate that characteristic element in the IOS10.