Saturday, August 20, 2011

Apple vs. Samsung: list of all 19 lawsuits going on in 12 courts in 9 countries on 4 continents

I have finally found a complete list of all lawsuits going on between Apple and Samsung around the world. At some point I'll update my battlemap and slideshow, but in the meantime, I'll just list them here in this post.

The parties filed 20 lawsuits against each other, but two of them (in California) were consolidated into a single one, so there are 19 ongoing lawsuits at this stage -- and counting. Those are taking place in 12 courts in 9 countries on 4 continents.

In some jurisdictions, such as Germany and apparently also the Netherlands, lawsuits over more than one patent are frequently split up into separate lawsuits. In that case, the actual number of lawsuits may already be higher. But the list below is complete in terms of all the complaints that were filed.

North America

United States of America

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. (case no. 5:11-cv-01846; includes substance of formerly separate case no. 5:11-cv-2079)

  • U.S. International Trade Commission

    • In the Matter of Certain Mobile Electronic Devices (Samsung v. Apple; investigation no. 337-TA-794)

    • In the Matter of Certain Electronic Digital Media Devices and Components Thereof
      (Apple v. Samsung; investigation no. 337-TA-796)


  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

    • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v. Apple Inc. (case no. 1:11-cv-00573)

Europe

Germany

  • Landgericht (regional court) Mannheim

    • Samsung Electronics GmbH v. Apple, Inc. and Apple GmbH (case no. 7 O 247/11)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics GmbH (case no. 7 O 166/11)

  • Landgericht (regional court) Düsseldorf

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics GmbH (case no. 14c O 194/11)

United Kingdom

  • UK High Court of Justice, Chancery Div., Patents Court

    • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v.
      Apple Retail UK et al. (case no. HC 11 CO 2180)

France

  • Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris
    (the only first-instance court in all of France authorized to hear patent cases)

    • Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and Samsung Electronics France v. Apple France et al. (case no. 11/10464)

Italy

  • Tribunale di Milano (Milan first-instance court)

    • Samsung Electronics Italia s.p.a. v. Apple Inc. (case no. unknown)

Netherlands

  • Rechtbank 's-Gravenhage (The Hague Court of Justice)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (case no. KG 11-730)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (case no. KG 11-731)

Asia

Japan

  • 東京地方裁判所 (Tokyo District Court)

    • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Japan, Inc.
      (case no. 2011 (Yo) No. 22027)

    • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Japan, Inc.
      (case no. 2011 (Yo) No. 22028)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Japan Corp.
      (case no. 2011 (Yo) No. 22048)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Japan Corp.
      (case no. 2011 (Yo) No. 22049)

South Korea

  • 서울중앙지방법원 (Seoul Central District Court)

    • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Korea Ltd (case no. 2011 Kahap 39552)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (case no. 2011 Gahap 63647)

Australia (continent and country)

  • Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales District Registry, General Division (Sydney)

    • Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Ltd. Co. (case no. NSD1243/2011)

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