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 responses, potentially including a legal appeal, following a recent High Court ruling in the United Kingdom. The court has ordered the South Korean tech giant to pay Swatch Group a sum of $11.6 million in damages. These damages are a result of third-party watch face applications on Samsung's Galaxy app store that allegedly replicated the watch face designs of Swatch brands, including Breguet, Blancpain, Omega, Longines, and Tissot.
The High Court in London's decision on Wednesday came after Swatch Group initially sought damages totaling $170 million. Despite the substantial amount, the damages imposed by the court were less than Samsung's claim of earning $300 from the sale of the watch face apps. According to reports from local media outlets, a majority of the damages were attributed to infringement of display rights, which allegedly caused harm to Swatch's interests.
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