Apple may be riding a buzz wave after its highly anticipated event today, but another patent battle may be just around the corner. This time it’s against the freshly announced long-term evolution ( LTE) capability in the iPhone 5. After the devastating $1 billion verdict in Apple v. Samsung in August, Samsung promised in a media briefing last month that it would sue Apple if it released an LTE-capable iPhone.
Today, Apple confirmed that its newest smartphone will carry LTE on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and several global carriers. Samsung has decided to sue Apple for patent infringement over its reported use of LTE connectivity in the next-generation smartphones.
At this moment we have contacted Samsung and yet to have a reply
U.S. International Trade Commission Judge Thomas Pender said Thursday that "clear and convincing means something to me," addressing the guidelines for determining whether a patent should have been issued. "I have to be pretty darn certain a U.S. patent is invalid."
LTE is a next-generation wireless broadband technology with extremely high speeds that are ideal for web browsing and video streaming. And it has been one area where Apple has simply lagged behind. (Apple’s iPad is already LTE-compatible, but only on Verizon and AT&T networks.)
“LTE is the most complicated technology ever brought to this Earth,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said during his presentation at the iPhone 5 event today.
While several companies already hold the necessary patents for LTE — Nokia at the top with 18.9% — Samsung has a claim on 12.2% of those patents. Until now, those LTE speeds on the Galaxy Note and Galaxy X III have given the manufacturer sturdy fighting ground in its head-to-head smartphone sales battle with Apple.
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Information via Cnet and Mashable
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