Samsung: Consumers And Markets Will Side With Those Prioritizing Innovation Over Litigation

Posted on Aug 27 2012 - 5:49am by Editorial Staff

With one of the biggest defeat of time last week, with court ordered Samsung to pay Apple over $1 billion as fine, the company has released details of an internal memo sent to employees over legal defeat to Apple.

Samsung claiming that the company’s “primary means to competition has been the outright abuse of patent law, not the pursuit of innovation.” The Korean giant says it has no intention to take Apple to court, but had “little choice” to counter-sue the company.

“We will continue to do our utmost until our arguments have been accepted,” the memo further echoes statements from the Samsung legal team that it will appeal against the decision.

Here’s the memo in full:

We initially proposed to negotiate with Apple instead of going to court, as they had been one of our most important customers. However, Apple pressed on with a lawsuit, and we have had little choice but to counter-sue, so that we can protect our company.

Certainly, we are very disappointed by the verdict at the US District Court for the Northern District of California (NDCA), and it is regrettable that the verdict has caused concern amongst our employees, as well as our loyal customers.

However, the judge’s final ruling remains, along with a number of other procedures. We will continue to do our utmost until our arguments have been accepted.

The NDCA verdict starkly contrasts decisions made by courts in a number of other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and Korea, which have previously ruled that we did not copy Apple’s designs. These courts also recognized our arguments concerning our standards patents.

History has shown there has yet to be a company that has won the hearts and minds of consumers and achieved continuous growth, when its primary means to competition has been the outright abuse of patent law, not the pursuit of innovation.

We trust that the consumers and the market will side with those who prioritize innovation over litigation, and we will prove this beyond doubt.

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