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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Australian Judge Forces Apple to Disclose Contracts to Samsung

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If you follow Apple-related news, then you know that Apple and Samsung have been embroiled in a bitter lawsuit for quite some time, after Apple sued Samsung for copying the design of the iPhone and the iPad, and Samsung counter-sued, accusing Apple of infringing on Samsung’s patents.
These lawsuits have been filed in several countries across the world, and while Samsung has thus far been largely unsuccessful, a new ruling this week from Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett in Australia will force Apple to give Samsung lawyers copies of Apple’s contracts with Australian mobile-phone carriers.
When Samsung sued Apple in Australia, the company claimed that the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and the iPad 2 infringed on wireless patents held by Samsung, and called for a ban on the sale of those devices in Australia. In today’s ruling, Bennett decided that Apple’s contractual information is relevant to the case, and that Apple must hand over the agreements that it has with Vodafone Group Plc, SingTel Optus Ltd., and Telestra Corp.
The decision came from an assertion in Samsung’s lawsuit that the carriers are contractually obligated to subsidize iPhone sales. Apple says that it will oppose this ruling and that it is an attempt by Samsung to fish for damaging evidence.
Samsung also requested the source code for the iPhone 4S firmware in support of its claim that Apple infringes on its patents for wireless transmissions. Apple turned over 220 pages of source code, but Samsung lawyers believe that information is missing, and the company has requested that Apple submit further documentation. Justice Bennett decided to rule on the issue of the source code material on November 11th, if Samsung and Apple cannot come to an agreement on their own.
Currently, Samsung has yet to be successful at stopping the sale of any Apple product, but Apple has managed to temporarily prevent Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in both Australia and Germany. Court proceedings are still ongoing in multiple countries, and a final outcome is still unclear.