Samsung considers appealing UK ruling over Swatch watch face suit
Samsung Electronics said Thursday it is considering “all possible countermeasures, including an appeal” to a U.K. high court’s decision to pay Swatch Group $11.6 million in damages for hosting smartwatch watch face designs that replicated the Swatch brands on its Galaxy app store. “We are carefully considering the High Court's judgment and will consider all possible countermeasures, including an…
Samsung Electronics is contemplating various options, including an appeal, in response to a recent decision by the U.K. high court to award Swatch Group $11.6 million in damages. The ruling stems from the court's finding that Samsung's Galaxy app store feature allowed third-party watch face apps to reproduce designs of Swatch brands like Breguet, Blancpain, Omega, Longines, and Tissot.
The High Court in London's ruling on Wednesday stipulated that Samsung should compensate Swatch Group for the infringement. The damages awarded were significantly lower than the $170 million (235.7 billion won) initially demanded by Swatch Group, yet still represented a substantial sum higher than Samsung's own estimate of $300 in profits derived from the watch face apps.
According to local media accounts, the majority of the damages were attributed to the infringement of Swatch's visual branding, which allegedly caused Swatch tangible harm.
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