Amid planning for new damages retrial, Judge Koh rules that there will not be another new trial over the '381 patent. August 22, 2013 8:55 PM PDT A federal judge on Thursday denied Samsung's request for a new patent trial over Apple's "bounce-back" patent. Samsung filed a motion for a new trial regarding the "bounce-back," or '381, patent in July. Originally, Apple accused more than 20 Samsung smartphones and two tablets of infringing on this technology, which covers the "bounce-back" that users get when they scroll to the bottom. The patent also includes a host of touch-screen actions, including dragging documents. Related stories Judge nixes class action suit in employee poaching case for now Judge says Apple's Siri case against Samsung can proceed Nokia backs Apple in legal skirmish against Samsung New Apple-Samsung damages ruling: The products in question Apple v. Samsung: Judge orders new trial on some damages, cuts award by $450M During last year's Apple v. Samsung trial, the jury ruled that Samsung infringed on the '381 patent with 18 of its products. For its part, Samsung denies ever infringing on this patent. The patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung ended last August after the jury awarded Apple the $1.05 billion in damages. But in March, Judge Koh reduced the damages award by $450.5 million and ordered a new trial on the damages to recalculate them. Over the past few months, the two companies have been gearing up for this retrial, which is set for November. Judge Koh's ruling that denied a new trail on the '381 patent came within a collection of orders regarding the schedule and rules for the damages retrial. CNET contacted Samsung and Apple for comment. We'll update the story when we get more information.
Amid planning for new damages retrial, Judge Koh rules that there will not be another new trial over the '381 patent.
A federal judge on Thursday denied Samsung's request for a new patent trial over Apple's "bounce-back" patent.
Samsung filed a motion for a new trial regarding the "bounce-back," or '381, patent in July. Originally, Apple accused more than 20 Samsung smartphones and two tablets of infringing on this technology, which covers the "bounce-back" that users get when they scroll to the bottom. The patent also includes a host of touch-screen actions, including dragging documents.
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During last year's Apple v. Samsung trial, the jury ruled that Samsung infringed on the '381 patent with 18 of its products. For its part, Samsung denies ever infringing on this patent.
The patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung ended last August after the jury awarded Apple the $1.05 billion in damages. But in March, Judge Koh reduced the damages award by $450.5 million and ordered a new trial on the damages to recalculate them.
Over the past few months, the two companies have been gearing up for this retrial, which is set for November. Judge Koh's ruling that denied a new trail on the '381 patent came within a collection of orders regarding the schedule and rules for the damages retrial.
CNET contacted Samsung and Apple for comment. We'll update the story when we get more information.
