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Judge scolds Samsung, lets patent trial proceed The judge in a massive smartphone patent dispute reprimanded Samsung Friday for releasing excluded evidence but denied a bid by Apple to order a verdict in the case.

04 August 2012

US jury to decide Apple, Samsung patent case Jury selection was set to open Monday in a US federal court in the blockbuster patent case pitting Apple against Samsung, which accuse each other of copying patents for smartphones and tablets.

31 July 2012

Smartphones power Samsung to record $4.5 bn net profit South Korea's Samsung Electronics Friday posted a record net profit of 5.19 trillion won ($4.53 billion) in the second quarter, powered by strong smartphone sales despite the global downturn.

27 July 2012

Taiwan's HTC pleased with UK court victory over Apple Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC Thursday hailed as a victory a British court ruling that it did not infringe on a patent owned by the US technology giant Apple.

06 July 2012

Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1 bn Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram.

10 April 2012

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