The legal fight between Apple and Samsung proceed on Monday in a territorial dominion court hearing in The Hague , Netherlands , during which the two company reason the merits of four Samsung patents .
The patent are related to method of managing the data link and focal ratio between a mobile station , such as a smartphone or tablet , and a web stem station , and are presented as being touchstone - essential , which means they are incorporated in internationally accept engineering standards — in this case 3 gibibyte and UMTS .
standard - essential patent of invention are usually licensed under so - call Fair , fairish , and Non - discriminative ( FRAND ) terms , which is what the hearing in the Dutch royal court on Monday focused on .
During a day of het up arguments , both companies tried to convert the court of their respective positions .
Samsung wants Apple to pay for licensing the patent in question , and wants the Margaret Court to cut an injunction shun the import and sales of Apple ’s iPhone 3GS , iPhone 4 , iPad , iPad 2 and forthcoming products until licensing terms are in place .
Samsung claims that it has tried to negociate a licensing agreement in good faith but that Apple has sabotaged any serious negotiations , fit in toan IDG correspondent report from the courtroom .
Apple , on the other hand , did its near to undermine the importance of Samsung ’s patents and how they were disclosed , while also saying that Samsung is n’t uncoerced to agree on FRAND term . The ship’s company also watch no ground for the judicature to slap it with an injunction since the two are negotiating a licensing understanding .
The judge is expected to present his ruling on whether Samsung has a sheath on October 14 , according to a spokeswoman at the court .
Apple and Samsung are presently sweep in a world-wide legal fight cover case in Asia , Europe and North America .
The battle in the Netherlands heat up up about a calendar month ago when Apple won a ban on the shipping of three Samsung Galaxy smartphones to Europe as of October 13 . Samsung catch the ruling as a victory because it was only related to pic management , and not the intention of its smartphones .
( Andreas Udo de Haes at Webwereld Netherlands contribute to this account from the court )
