After half a decade, the smartphone patent wars appear to be winding down without an unqualified winner. But not without unqualified wins. Kathleen Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan struck a big parting blow for Samsung Electronics Co. on Feb. 26, knocking out a $120 million judgment for Apple Inc.
In what could be one of the last major rulings in the smartphone giants’ long IP fight, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with Samsung over some of the most familiar features of the companies’ smartphones and tablets. The panel held that Samsung didn’t infringe Apple patents on “click to call” technology, and it invalidated Apple’s patents on “slide to unlock” and autocorrect functions.
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