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Samsung triumphs over Apple in Japan patent case Aug 31st 2012, 05:44 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Samsung strikes new Note after Apple suit Wed, Aug 29 2012 Samsung to ship first Windows Phone 8 model in fourth-quarter Wed, Aug 29 2012 After Apple bruising, Samsung to bounce back with new Note phablet Wed, Aug 29 2012 Apple seeks quick bans on eight Samsung phones Tue, Aug 28 2012 Analysis: Friend and foe; Samsung, Apple won't want to damage parts deal Mon, Aug 27 2012 Related Topics Tech » Media » South Korea » Students walk out of a showroom at the headquarters of Samsung Electronics in Seoul October 28, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak TOKYO | Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:44am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo court ruled on Friday that Samsung Electronics' mobile devices did not violate an Apple Inc patent involved in synching mobile devices and computers, awarding the South Korean maker a victory a week after it lost a bruising landmark patent case in the United States. In rejecting Apple's suit, Tokyo District Court Judge Tamotsu Shoji said Samsung's products did not infringe on the U.S. firm's technological scope. A U.S. federal jury found last week that Apple did not infringe on any of Samsung's patents, while the South Korean firm had copied key features of iPhone. The same jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages and it is now seeking speedy bans on the sale of eight Samsung phones in the U.S. market. "We welcome the court's decision, which confirmed our long-held position that our products do not infringe Apple's intellectual property," Samsung said in a statement following the verdict from the Tokyo court. A representative for Apple in Japan declined to comment. In Seoul, Samsung shares were up 0.7 percent in a flat market. A spokesman for NTT Docomo Inc declined to comment, while a KDDI Corp spokeswoman said she did not see any major impact from the decision. Both Japanese mobile carriers sell the popular Samsung Galaxy series. Shares in NTT Docomo last traded down 1.8 percent at a 2-week low, while KDDI was down 1.2 percent. Shares in local rival Softbank Corp, the first Japanese carrier to sell the iPhone and which doesn't sell the Samsung Galaxy line, were down 1.1 percent. (Reporting by Mari Saito and Maki Shiraki; Editing by Matt Driskill and Ian Geoghegan) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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