SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics filed its own U.S. lawsuit against Apple, accusing the iPad manufacturer infringed 10 patents in an escalation of the conflict on the Tablet and mobile technology.
Latest legal move comes after that Apple sued Samsung earlier this month, claiming the line of the Galaxy of Samsung mobile phones and tablets "slavishly" iPhone and iPad copies.
Apple and Samsung are part of a larger web of dispute between phone manufacturers and the software companies holding the patents used in smartphones and tablets, as rival to aggressively precipitated in a market in which started Apple with the iPhone and iPad.
Samsung is one of the manufacturers more strong growth in smartphone and has emerged as a competitor stronger Apple on the booming market of the tablet with models in three dimensions, but it remains a second remote in space.
The Samsung Galaxy products use the Google's Android operating system, which is in direct competition with Apple mobile software.
Last year, primarily for the semiconductor, Apple was second largest client of Samsung. Claims of the manufacturer of the iPhone against Samsung concentrate on design features of the Galaxy, such as the appearance of the icons of the screen.
The complaint filed by Samsung Wednesday before a Federal Court in California following the proceedings against Apple in Germany, the Japan and South Korea last week.
Apple has copied many innovations from Samsung, according to further U.S. of Samsung. For example, one of the Samsung patents accuses Apple of violating implies the ability for mobile phones display time, the trial.
"As users travel across time zones, the capacity of a mobile device to update to the local time is important for meetings and follow-up appointments," the trial "said."
A spokesman for Apple Thursday referred to a previous statement of the company, which has accused Samsung of "blatant copy."
The case in Court of District, Northern District of California is Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Samsung Telecommunications America LLC v. Apple Inc., 11-2079.
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