Samsung Electronics was denied Thursday a retrial over the “overscroll bounce” patent in its dispute with Apple in a federal court in California.
The South Korean company had in a filing asked for a retrial as it said that Apple had advocated an “entirely new and far narrower interpretation” of Claim 19 of U.S. Patent no. 7,469,381 (‘381 patent), to avoid having the claim cancelled by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The USPTO in June confirmed four claims of Apple’s patent, including claim 19 of the patent. The claim played a crucial part in Apple’s $1.05 billion dollar lawsuit against Samsung.
Judge Lucy H. Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, said in her ruling Thursday that the court had denied Samsung’s motion for a new trial based on the ‘381 Patent.
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