High court in Tokyo rules negatively in Apple's favor, Samsung execs stoked

07/03/2013 - 00:00


A Tokyo high court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that Samsung did not infringe on Apple’s patent for synchronizing music and data across devices.

Apple asked for 100 million yen ($ 1 million) in damages, but the Tokyo District Court ruled in Samsung’s favor last August.  The Intellectual Property High Court in Tokyo upheld that decision Tuesday.

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