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"A South Korean court on Thursday local Korea time dismissed a Samsung patent suit against Apple that sought monetary damages and a sales ban against the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/12.07.26-Apple-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy lazy\" data-original=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/12.07.26-Apple-1.png\" style=\"display: inline;\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nAs reported by &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Reuters&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, Apple's latest &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-samsung-apple-idUSBRE9BB02H20131212\"&amp;gt;court victory&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; on Samsung's home turf involved a dismissal of claims made by the Korean firm, which alleged the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 infringed on three patents related to displaying data, user interfaces, and short text (SMS) messaging.\r\n\r\nFirst filed &amp;lt;a href=\"samsung_files_new_patent_infringement_suit_against_apple_in_south_korea\"&amp;gt;in March 2012&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, Samsung's complaint was stopped short by a judge at the Seoul Central District Court, who declared the accused Apple products did not violate the Galaxy maker's IP.\r\n\r\nSamsung's motion for a ban on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 sales was denied, while another damages claim for 100 million won (roughly $95,000) was thrown out. \r\n\r\nIn a previous South Korean court case, both parties &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/24/south_korean_court_rules_apple_samsung_guilty_of_patent_infringement\"&amp;gt;were faulted&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; for infringing on each other's patents. Apple was ordered to pay 20 million won, or $17,650 for each patent violation for a total of $35,300, while Samsung had to dish out 25 million won, or $22,000 for its infringement. \r\n\r\nThe news is just the latest development in Apple and Samsung's ongoing worldwide patent struggle, which was sparked by a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/18/apple_sues_samsung_for_allegedly_copying_look_and_feel_of_iphone_ipad.html\"&amp;gt;2011 Apple lawsuit&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; that claimed the Korean tech giant copied the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad.\r\n\r\nA watershed jury trial in California found Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awarded Apple &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/24/jury_reaches_verdict_in_apple_v_samsung_trial\"&amp;gt;$1.05 billion&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; in damages in 2012.\r\n\r\nFollowing the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Apple v. Samsung&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; trial, presiding Judge Lucy Koh vacated about $405 million from the award due to erroneous calculations made by the jury. The jurist set a retrial to reassess the damages amount. \r\n\r\nIn November, a second jury of eight heard the reset damages case and &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/11/21/jury-awards-apple-290-million-in-patent-infringement-case-with-samsung\"&amp;gt;ultimately awarded&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; Apple $290 million. The amount was below the $380 million Apple sought to make itself \"whole,\" but proved even further removed from the $53 million Samsung argued it owed. Including the restored damages, Samsung now owes Apple some $930 million in the California case alone."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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