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Jan 31, 03:15 PM
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The court did not ban Samsung from importing 61 smartphone models into Russia due to the dispute over Samsung Pay
Samsung is suing Switzerland-based Sqwin, which claims its smartphones use an invention based on its patent. At this time, Sqwin tried to ban the import of gadgets as an interim measure, but the court denied the petition
The Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal in Moscow sided with Samsung in its patent dispute with the Swiss company Sqwin SA. Court did not to ban a Korean company from importing smartphones that use Samsung Pay technology into Russia during the legal proceedings with Sqwin. The latter insisted that this should be done as an interim measure.
The court ruling states that on January 26, Sqwin SA applied for interim measures against the Russian subsidiary of the Korean company Samsung Electronics Rus Company LLC. She demanded that she be banned from importing into Russia and selling smartphones that have the function of the Samsung Pay payment service – the subject of a dispute with Sqwin. The Swiss company claims that the service uses an invention under patent No. 2686003, of which it is the copyright holder and which is used without its consent.
The media learned about the threat of a ban on Samsung Pay in Russia
In its application for interim measures, Sqwin explained that it is incurring losses because it cannot promote mobile products on the Russian market that “include a licensed payment solution.” At the same time, in the petition, the company clarified that it incurs “huge losses” in the form of lost profits, “because as a result of the activities of the defendants in the sale of Samsung smartphones in the Russian Federation, the plaintiff does not have the opportunity to fully use his invention <...>”.
However, the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal disagreed with the plaintiff’s arguments, finding them unproven.