Disputes with Apple
Since the patent lawsuit began in April 2011, Samsung and Apple have filed lawsuits against 20 patents in 9 countries, accusing each other of injuring themselves. patent rights. In August, the European Court of Justice suspended the sale of Samsung Galaxy products in Germany and the Netherlands. In early October, an Australian local court suspended the sale of the product in Australia.
On October 17, 2011, a U.S. judge believed that Samsung had infringed Apple’s patent rights. Subsequently, Samsung issued a statement hoping to halt the sales of iPhone 4S in Japan and Australia during the investigation. At the same time, it also Applying to stop sales of iPhone and iPad 2. The products applied for ban are all related to the patents involved in the case.
In August 2012, the U.S. District Court in California issued a first-instance judgment, saying that Samsung Electronics had infringed on several Apple patents and must pay the other party US$1.05 billion in compensation. Samsung was dissatisfied and appealed. On December 7, 2012, Apple and Samsung Electronics will convene again in San Jose federal court to re-hear this legal action that carries high risks for both parties. On December 19, 2012, Samsung withdrew its patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in various European countries. South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has won a patent battle with Apple Inc. of the United States. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Samsung's products constituted infringement against Apple, and some old Samsung Electronics models will be banned from being imported into and sold in the United States.
In October 2013, U.S. President Obama did not veto the ban in the end. Some Samsung smartphones and tablets will be banned from the U.S. market, including Galaxy S, Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Tap. . Previously, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that Samsung's older smartphones infringed on two of Apple's commercial patents and banned the import of Samsung-related products into the United States. Samsung had asked Obama to veto the ITC's ban on the grounds of public policy, and the ITC also submitted the penalty to Obama for final ruling.
On November 21, 2013, a jury in the District Court of San Jose, California, USA ruled that Samsung Electronics should pay $290.45 million in compensation to Apple for infringing its patents. Apple previously filed a claim of US$379.8 million, while Samsung Electronics said it should only pay US$52.7 million in compensation.
In December 2015, after five years of trial, reexamination and appeal, Samsung stated that it agreed to pay Apple US$548 million. However, if the US Patent and Trademark Office determines that Apple’s patent is invalid, Samsung will require the return of the patent. amount of compensation.
Samsung stops supplying iPad and MacBook batteries to Apple
On November 25, 2012, Samsung once again stopped supplying an important component to Apple: batteries used in iPad and MacBook notebooks.
As early as October, Samsung began to stop supplying LCD screens to Apple. This has a profound impact on Apple, because Samsung is the largest supplier of displays for Apple's mobile terminal devices, with tens of millions of deliveries annually. Samsung Electronics appears to be expanding its supply suspension list.
Sales account for nearly 20% of South Korea's GDP
In 2011, Samsung Group's total assets reached US$343.7 billion, net sales reached US$220.1 billion, and net income reached US$21.2 billion. This value has reached 19.72% of South Korea’s total GDP of US$1,116.247 billion. If calculated in terms of net sales, this value is even higher than Ireland's GDP of US$217.669 billion in 2011, ranking 45th in the world.
China issued its first fine against a foreign company for price monopoly, South Korea's Samsung was fined
On January 4, 2013, it was targeted at South Korea's Samsung for taking advantage of its dominant position from 2001 to 2006. , conspired to manipulate LCD panel prices and implemented price monopoly behavior in mainland China. The Price Supervision, Inspection and Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the China Development and Reform Commission fined Samsung 101 million yuan.
The ending of the dispute over the Samsung family property
On February 1, 2013, the South Korean court yesterday rejected the dispute between members of the family of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee for the 4.1 trillion won (US$3.7 billion) Samsung Group Equity requirements, thus allowing Li Jianxi to retain control of the family business group.
Samsung breaks through 5G communication technology
Samsung announced in May 2013 that their research and development work in the field of 5G mobile communication technology has made breakthrough progress, with the highest download rate reaching 1Gbps. Samsung's 5G cellular network communication technology operates in the 28GHz frequency band. In real-time handshaking tests, the company's experimental equipment achieved download rates of 1Gbps. Samsung also stated that their 5G technology has a maximum theoretical download rate of 10Gbps.
High-end mobile phone crisis
In June 2013, sales of Samsung's flagship smartphone Galaxy S4 fell, and the company's stock market value evaporated by $12 billion in one day on Friday. . Since June 2013, Samsung has successively launched two versions of its S4 smartphone, but what followed was a drop in its stock price, with the drop exceeding 6% on Friday alone.
Samsung design defect controversy: The company apologized and promised to extend the warranty of the defective model for one year
At 3:30 pm on October 23, 2013, Samsung officially informed China through the CCTV Financial Channel The consumer apologized and made a corporate rectification statement. And said that the problem mobile phone will be repaired free of charge.
Samsung Taiwan hired student trolls to smear HTC and was fined US$340,000
Following the media exposure in April 2013 that "Samsung Taiwan hired student trolls to smear HTC", the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on its official website around October 24, 2013 that Samsung’s smear campaign against HTC was found to be true and that it would impose a fine of US$340,000 on Samsung.
According to news on October 24, 2013, the United States News Agency stated that the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on its official website that Samsung’s smear campaign against HTC was found to be true and would impose a fine of US$340,000 on Samsung.
Technical disputes
On January 27, 2014, Samsung Group agreed to pay Swedish mobile network equipment manufacturer Ericsson US$660 million, plus several years of royalties, to settle the dispute between the two parties. technology licensing disputes.
Launching new watches
At the 2014 Mobile World Congress (hereinafter referred to as MWC) held in Barcelona, ??Spain in February 2014, Samsung announced the launch of two new Gear series Smartwatches Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.
The Gear 2 uses Tizen, another open source mobile operating system deeply developed by Samsung, instead of Google Android. This is also seen as a fruitful effort by Samsung to get rid of its dependence on Google.
A breakthrough in graphene preparation technology
On April 4, 2014, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea announced that they had synthesized a graphene material that can produce graphene on a larger scale. Maintain conductive graphene crystals, thereby promoting the industrial production and commercial use of graphene materials. The research results were published in the journals Science and Science Express.
On November 22, 2014, Samsung Electronics filed a complaint against Nvidia at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), seeking to ban the sale of Nvidia’s computer graphics chips in the U.S. market. After licensing negotiations broke down, the legal battle between the two parties began to escalate, and Samsung submitted a complaint against Nvidia to the ITC on Friday.