The Samsung vs. Apple legal battles are intensifying, and per reports, this time it's the former who will be taking the Cupertino tech giant to task over a patent dispute concerning the Notification Center.
According to Korean Web site inews24, Samsung had recently filed the lawsuit in Korea but little information about the litigation is available as of now.
"Samsung Electronics has brought a lawsuit against Apple in a court in South Korea over its "Notification Center" patent infringement," reported Bridgewire, citing inews24 as its source.
It is unclear if Samsung is defending a patent that it owns or an enhancement of an existing patent that was issued before Apple launched its Notification Center.
Recently, Google received a patent in the U.S. for the Android Notification Center. The million dollar question is if Samsung enhanced this patent or bought it from Google, enabling the Korean company to sue Apple.
Apple's Notification Center was launched for iOS 5 in 2011, whereas the feature had already made an appearance earlier on Android devices. The Notification Center shows weather, text, and e-mail notifications all with a simple touch and drag down of the screen. Recently, the feature on iOS 6 and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion got Facebook integration.
There's no official word from either Samsung or Apple about the dispute and we're expecting exact details of the lawsuit to merge in the days to come. Both Samsung and Apple have locked horns in legal tussles in 2012 and judging by the latest news, it seems 2013 will be no different.
more stories from What's Hot
Rockstar Games has acknowledged the most common GTA Online launch issues and detailed the bug fix status for each problem it's currently working on.
ernest hamiltonTarget has announced its new prepaid mobile service, Brightspot, which will debut on Sunday, Oct. 6.
ernest hamiltonHulu has added support for Google's Chromecast streaming dongle, allowing Hulu Plus users to 'cast' video directly to Chromecast.
ernest hamiltonThe much-awaited Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Online mode has finally gone live, unfolding a whole interconnected universe.
ernest hamiltonBlackBerry has posted its Q2 fiscal results and blames a $935 million hit on 'Z10 Inventory Charge'
ernest hamiltonThe KitKat contest has now reached India, bringing promotional packages with the chance to win a new Nexus 7 (2013).
ernest hamiltonGoogle Talk has been sending messages to the wrong recipients, raising some serious privacy concerns.
ernest hamiltonGrand Theft Auto V publisher Take-Two has announced that the new GTA 5 made a whopping $800 million on launch day, breaking the record previously set by Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
ernest hamilton