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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In the legal spat between Apple and Samsung, which some consider a warm-up for Apple versus Google, things got small. As in, microchip-sized small.
Samsung spent the morning in court here arguing that two of its wireless technology patents had been infringed by two Apple devices. In both cases, Samsung's infringement claims focus on low-level cellular features within a chip made by Intel-owned Infineon.
While a physically small component of the iPhone 4 and iPad 2, which Samsung says illegally use the technology, the chip could cost Apple $350 million in damages if Samsung wins.
Making that argument for Samsung was former mobile chip executive Tim Williams. During this several-hour-long testimony -- which was also possibly one of the most technical sessions yet in the the trial -- Williams told the court that both of the Apple devices infringed. This was after reviewing patents, depositions from two Intel engineers who programmed the chip, as well as Intel source code, he explained.
At the heart of the issue are two high-speed wireless data processing patents. One covers the power used to link up with broadcasting channels; the other, that for data packets. Williams painted both features as critical to the power saving features of phones and cell phone towers, as well as how data makes it back and forth between the two for features like photos... [Read more]
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