Samsung Countersues Apple on iPhone and iPad Patents

…It will get resolved off-court…

Strong sales of the iPhone and iPad translate into more revenue for Samsung. Apple was Samsung’s second-biggest client after Sony of Japan last year, bringing in around 6.2 trillion Korean won ($5.7 billion) in sales, and is widely expected to become Samsung’s top client this year.

Apple filed a lawsuit last Friday accusing Samsung of violating patents and trademarks of its iPhone and iPad, as the popular gadgets are being threatened by the fast rise of rival devices based on Google ’s free Android operating system.

In a statement, Samsung said on Friday that Apple’s iPhone and iPad infringed its 10 mobile technology patents and it called for Apple to stop infringing its technology and compensate the company.

The suits, filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany, involved 10 claims of infringements mainly involving patents for power reduction during data transmission, 3 G technology for reducing errors during data transmission and wireless data communication technology.