Apple won Samsung, winning $ 120 million from the Slide-to-unlock patent

On November 6, the Supreme Court officially rejected Samsung's appeal on whether Apple violated the patent technology of slide to unlock technology. The battle between Samsung and Apple on this issue began in 2014, when Apple was compensated with $ 119.6 million due to Samsung's patent infringement. The Korean tech giant sent the appeal and the case up to the Supreme Court, and three years later, officially refused this appeal.

Slide to unlock is a familiar feature on smartphones. The patent dispute between them is not only about this feature but also about some other patents, such as Apple's link information turning feature (such as the link on the phone number you still see to touch is Use immediately without copying.

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Slide to unlock too familiar on smartphones

This decision comes at a time when the slider to unlock feature is no longer a popular option to unlock the phone, especially on the iPhone. With the latest iOS, the technology commonly used as Touch ID, double-tap the Home button to open the new password or technology entry screen Face ID on iPhone X.

Of course, Samsung is not satisfied with this, their representative said that this decision will let Apple 'gain illicit profits' from invalid patents. Apple has yet to comment.

This does not mean that the battle between Apple and Samsung has ended. Both are still waiting for a bigger deal, deciding how much Samsung will pay Apple for alleged copyright infringement. Originally thought to be $ 1 billion, then dropped to nearly $ 400.

Samsung fans have not been happy yet because his new ad poked his opponent had to pity because he lost the case.

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