This patent wars does not seem to end anytime soon and APple vs Samsung cases get filed all over the world. Sometimes it seems so ridiculous but business need to go on. I guess only litigation will remain at the end. U.S. Patent Application No. 2006/0252377
If Apple rightfully won the injunction against Samsung, it is only right if Samsung does the same. Some times I wonder, why these people can't talk. Then again, it is the lawyers who talk, not techies. It is always advantageous for lawyers to have cases, so it might be one reason these talks fail or do not exist.
FOSS Patents has researched and listed 13 patents that Samsung is asserting against Apple. You can read the write up and the rest of the patents, I have only listed first 5 patents here.
"Method and apparatus for reporting inter-frequency measurement using RACH message in a communication system" (link)
European equivalent (EP1720373) asserted in France and Italy
U.S. Patent No. 6,598,202
"Turbo interleaving apparatus and method" (link)
European equivalent (EP1097516) asserted in France and the Netherlands; local equivalent (KR100330234, application number KR1020000027143) asserted in Korea
U.S. Patent No. 6,928,604
"Turbo encoding/decoding device and method for processing frame data according to QoS" (link)
asserted in the Northern District of California; European equivalent (EP1005726) asserted in Germany, the UK, and Italy; Australian equivalent (AU722598) asserted in Australia
U.S. Patent No. 7,050,410
"Apparatus and method for controlling a demultiplexer and a multiplexer used for rate matching in a mobile communication system" (link)
asserted in the Northern District of California; European equivalent (EP1114528) asserted in Germany and the Netherlands; Australian equivalent (AU751376) asserted in Australia
U.S. Patent No. 7,200,792
"Interleaving apparatus and method for symbol mapping in an HSDPA mobile communication system" (link)
asserted in the Northern District of California
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