Japan court dismisses Apple vs Samsung : Samsung does not infringe on Apple Patents

Samsung after having paid a billion US Dollars in the United States have caught a break in the Asian counter battle. Reuters and Bloomberg report a judge there decided its Galaxy smartphones and tablets did not infringe on an Apple patent.the Tokyo District Court has ruled Samsung did not violate a patent that covered syncing music and video data with a PC. Presiding judge Tamotsu Shoji dismissed the claim, saying Samsung’s implementation of this specific technology was not covered by the scope of Apple’s patent and has ordered Apple to pay the costs of the lawsuit.

{Yomiuri Shinbun}