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Coming off its big victory in its patent suit against Samsung in a Northern California court, Apple has filed an amended complaint with the same court in a separate case -- adding the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note to the list of Samsung devices it says infringe its intellectual property.

As reported by Apple Insider, the filing was made earlier today and involves a complaint first made in February that charged 17 Samsung devices with violating utility patents owned by Apple.

In relation to that complaint -- again, it's separate from the headline-grabbing case that began in April 2011 … Read more

Samsung management told the company's employees that it will eventually be vindicated in its fight with Apple.

The company claims in the memo, which was sent to all employees, that it wanted "to negotiate with Apple" rather than head to court, but the iPhone maker balked. Now that it's facing a more than $1 billion payout, Samsung told employees that it's a company that centers on appealing to consumers -- not patent law.

"History has shown there has yet to be a company that has won the hearts and minds of consumers and achieved … Read more

I was really looking forward to at least another week.

I was hoping to be able to digest all the nuances, potential results, pitfalls and expert predictions.

I tell you who wasn't looking forward to that: the jury at the Apple/Samsung trial.

These 9 fine members of humanity must have peered through the window and thought: "Oh, look. We're in Northern California. It's sunny outside. A perfect weekend for sailing."

The just-announced verdict showed that this magnificent nine, some of whom have worked in tech, … Read more

A Seoul court has ruled that Apple and Samsung violated each other's patents, has prohibited the companies from selling the infringing devices in South Korea, and has awarded both companies fairly insignificant damages, the Wall Street Journal reported this evening.

The three-judge panel in the Seoul Central District Court also ruled that there was "no possibility" that smartphone buyers could confuse devices from the companies, the Journal reported -- an interesting fact given the headline-grabbing trial currently before a jury in Silicon Valley. In that trial, which is just one part of the international struggle between the … Read more

Samsung is investing billions of dollars into a plant in Austin, Texas, that's known to produce Apple's mobile processors.

The company said yesterday that it'll spend between $3 billion and $4 billion retrofitting its facility to improve production of more-advanced mobile processors, the local newspaper, Austin Statesman, is reporting. About half of the facility will be updated.

According to the Statesman, the work should be completed during the second half of 2013, allowing the entire facility to focus efforts on system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors for smartphones and tablets.

Last year, reports surfaced saying Samsung was producing Apple's A5 processor for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S … Read more

The Apple-Samsung trial has been such a show that it has invaded my head in the same way as the first time I learned dwarf tossing was an entertainment in places like France and Canada.

Could anyone really have wandered into Best Buy and confused a Samsung Galaxy Tab with an iPad, as has been suggested?

While some began to pulsate at rumors that many, many people had exchanged their Galaxy Tabs for iPads at Best Buy, a study suggested that only 9 percent of people who returned a Samsung product at Best Buy did so in order to exchange … Read more

Apple and Samsung are locked in a dispute over whether the jury deciding their patent trial should hear the testimony of a senior Samsung designer.

Apple wants to exclude the testimony of Hyoung Shin Park, who worked as a senior designer on the team involved with the production of the F700 phone. Samsung said she began working on the project in May 2006.

Samsung said in a court brief filed Friday that the patent application for her design dates back to December 2006, before the first public iPhone announcement.

If the court sides with Samsung, Park is expected to detail … Read more

Some people reek of passion. Some, merely passion fruit.

There are those, though -- often with ideas above their hairline -- who smell of nothing but fake sincerity.

Hosanna, then, for Samsung.

For the company that is so keen to respect the world of patents has patented a phone that pumps fragrance into the atmosphere.

I am indebted to Ubergizmo (which in turn sniffs a credit to Engadget). The latter points to this page of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's Patent Full Text and Image Database. So it must be true, right?

Oddly, Engadget also offers that … Read more

A court case about patents only truly becomes significant if comedians begin to offer their perspective.

How significant, then, that Conan O'Brien tonight used his TBS show -- which I believe some people still watch -- to explain to the jury of America where the guilt lies.

I am grateful to 9to5Mac for directing to this fine and very profound piece of footage.

For, incredibly, Conan has managed to get a Samsung VP of marketing to explain -- very fully -- that there is no way on earth his company would copy Apple's devices.

Nick Wood takes pains … Read more