Samsung comes to Apple's aid in South Korean patent infringement case

With the new 2018 Apple iPhone models expected to be unveiled tomorrow at Apple's "Gather round" event starting at 10am PDT, the company's 2017 handsets face a ban in South Korea. This all revolves around a patent infringement claim made by a company named KAIST. The latter says that it holds a patent on the FinFET technology used in the production of many of the chipsets found in mobile phones, including the A-series SoC's that power the iPhone.

If the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy in South Korea upholds the validity of KAIST's patent, and agrees ...

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