On August 30, the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court held its first public hearing of a patent infringement case between Huawei Devices Co., LTD and Huizhou Samsung Electronics Co., LTD and Samsung (China) Investment Co., LTD, local media reported. The plaintiff Huawei demands that the two defendants immediately stop infringing on the plaintiff’s patent right involved, and jointly compensate the economic loss of 15 million yuan.
Huawei said it applied for an invention patent called “a method, device and mobile terminal for adding ICONS in the interface” on April 28, 2010, and was granted the invention patent on December 31, 2014, which is still valid until now.
According to the patent specification, the invention provides a way to add ICONS to the Android system’s home page. Instruction, according to the current handheld touch-screen terminal equipment to provide users with more and more bigger space of the Home interface, allowing users according to their own habits in the screen you have extra space, commonly used like your own applications, small tools, folder icon on the Home interface devices, such as equivalent to the shortcut on the desktop computer, It is convenient for users to find an application.
The plaintiff Huawei believes that Samsung’s Galaxy S6, Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy A8 wireless terminal devices adopt relevant technologies that fall into the scope of protection required by the plaintiff Huawei Terminal Company’s patent rights.
In this regard, Huizhou Samsung argued that the five mobile phones involved in the case did not use the technical solution described in the patent claims of Huawei, but used existing technology. The patent involved in the case claimed by Huawei is a method patent, and only the use of the patent is protected, while the two defendants did not use the method claimed by the patent involved.
Samsung China’s opinion and Huizhou Samsung basically consistent, that the company did not manufacture infringement. Huawei has no evidence to prove that it sold the phones involved, and the phones sold were legally sourced from Huizhou Samsung. Due to the complexity of the case, more evidence facts, the court will be another time to open a session.
The patent infringement issue has not been resolved, but Samsung has invested heavily in ARTIFICIAL intelligence. Samsung is investing billions of dollars in ARTIFICIAL intelligence and wants to convince people they don’t need to worry about AI risks, according to a Samsung source.
“For nearly a decade, we have been leading global research and development and committed to unlocking the power of AI for consumers,” Samsung CEO HS Kim said at the IFA 2018 consumer Electronics show in Berlin. Last year alone we spent $14 billion on AI research and development. We are also committed to investing another $22 billion over the next three years to improve AI technology.”