Samsung names eight patents in new counterclaim versus Apple

01604updated 11:10 am EDT, Thu April 19, 2012 Fight continues to escalate despite settlement

Samsung has submitted a new counterclaim against Apple in a California lawsuit, accusing the company of violating eight patents, reports say. These cover a variety of fields, such as cellular communications, audio, video, sync, and software keyboards. Two of the patents are said to fall under FRAND terms, meaning they should be licensed to other companies in a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory manner.Apple's original complaint accused Samsung of infringing eight patents, and named 17 products specifically. Samsung has yet to score any victories in any of its claims or counterclaims against Apple, which span multiple countries, but the company taken a more aggressive stance in recent months, forcing Apple to switch to an atypical defensive posture.

The two parties are expected to enter into settlement talks for some US patents within the next 90 days. The companies are likely unwilling to go to trial due to the time and expense involved, but have been continually escalating their legal battles, which now number in excess of 30 lawsuits.

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Sao Paulo, Brazil names street after Apple co-founder Jobs

01205updated 02:45 am EDT, Fri April 13, 2012 Avenue is near Brazilian Foxconn factory

The mayor of a Brazilian city in Sao Paulo where Foxconn has one of its few foreign factories has renamed one of its streets near the facility "Avenida Steve Jobs" in honor of the late co-founder of Apple. The factory in Jundiai is said to be producing new iPhone 4 and iPad 2 units, and CEO Tim Cook has said in public remarks that Brazil is an area of "major growth" for the company in the coming years.The road named for Jobs feeds into the Anhanguera highway, reports AppleInsider, along which the Foxconn factory is located. Apple only recently won approval to sell the Brazilian-made iPhone 4 units in the country, and is expected to also win approval to sell locally-produced iPad 2s. The locally-made units should be dramatically cheaper than those produced in China due to Brazil's high import tariffs.

Mayor Miguel Haddad approved the name change at a city council meeting late last month, according to Brazil's MacMagazine. The proposal of naming a street in Jobs' honor was originally made one day after his death in October.

The street naming joins a growing list of dedications and posthumous awards for Jobs, who created Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne and was head of the company twice, from 1976-1985 and then again from 1997 until shortly before his death. Most recently, the Disney movie John Carter was dedicated to Jobs on the request of director Andrew Stanton.




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