Apple is fighting against its rival Korean company, Samsung, demanding a $40 per device pay for pirating features for its new devices. The Galaxy S3 and some of its newer versions, allegedly copied Apple's technology.
The biggest rivals in the technology industry in the world is yet again meeting in court this week, as Apple demanding an estimated $2 billion in damages from Samsung. Samsung was accused by the company for stealing some designs and features of Apple's product.
The trial will be one of its long list of lawsuits filed by Apple against Samsung, that will be held at Silicon Valley, California. The struggle for the multi-billion dollar smartphone market started a few years back, but Apple will be fighting another round for the patent battle this year.
Apple claims that one third of all smartphones sold last year in the market, which is from Samsung, must pay a $40 royalty fee for every device having the software that was supposedly copied from Apple. This would be the largest amount being sought by Apple compared to its previous demands. If the tech giant obtains a winning verdict, Samsung will need to dish out an estimated $2 billion cost of damages to Apple.
Google is said to be in connection with the trial, being in the middle of the crossfire. Samsung devices are reported to be running Google's Android operating system, which will provide significant evidence that they built the smartphone in total independent of Apple's technology. In a different claim, if Apple wins the battle, Google may have to change some features on their most popular mobile OS worldwide.
Apple accuses Samsung for violating five of its mobile software patents, that are used for its Galaxy smartphones and tables. Meanwhile, the Korean company also countered the complaints by saying that their rival violated two of their patents.
