Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.

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Apple Inc. v. Samsung Inc., 580 U.S. 53, is the general title of a series of patent infringement lawsuits between Apple Inc. and Samsung Inc. in the United States Court system, regarding the design of smartphones and tablet computers. Between them, the two companies have dominated the manufacturing of smartphones since the early 2010s, and made about 40% of all smartphones sold worldwide as of 2024. In early 2011, Apple initiated patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung, who typically responded with countersuits. Apple's multinational litigation over technology patents became known as part of the phone wars: the colloquial term for extensive litigation and fierce competition in the global market for consumer mobile communications. By late 2011, Apple and Samsung were litigating about twenty cases in ten countries. By the following year they were still embroiled in more than 50 lawsuits worldwide, with billions of dollars in damages claimed between them. While Apple won a ruling in...

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