Apple, Samsung Face Off Over iPhone, iPad Patents
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) -- Two tech titans are squaring off in federal court Monday in a closely-watched trial over control of the U.S. smart phone and computer tablet markets.
Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. last year alleging the world's largest technology company's smart phones and computer tablets are illegal knockoffs of its popular iPhone and iPad products. The Cupertino-based company is demanding $2.5 billion in damages, which if awarded would dwarf the largest patent-related verdict to date.
Samsung counters that Apple is doing the stealing and some of the technology at issue -- such as the rounded rectangular designs of smart phones and tablets -- have been industry standards for years.
The U.S. trial is only the latest skirmish between the two over product designs.
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