


Samsung fires back at Apple on two fronts







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By PrezWeezy on 9/14/2011 3:24:38 PM , Rating: 2
UTMS patents can only be won if Apple made a competing design, since Apple is using components from suppliers they are not liable for these types of suits. They will get quickly dismissed.

Only if the maker of said products has an agreement with Apple to take on responsibility of those chips (indemnification clause). I don't know if they do, I'm sure Apple would require it, but it is possible that the agreement could be ruled invalid, it may not exist, it may not fully cover Apple, etc. This would allow Samsung to get a little bit of leverage in their case. It may even get Apple to back off a bit. But it is possible that Apple could still be ruled in violation, you don't have to make the product which infringes, you just have to use it.

