Jan. 22, 2014 5:17 a.m. ET
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U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who has presided over most of the legal battles between the two companies in the U.S., issued two summary judgments in favor of Apple before the technology giants square off again in the next round of patent litigation lawsuits slated to start in March.
In a court document, Ms. Koh ruled that some of Samsung's Android devices had infringed on Apple's patent for "word recommendations"—or the feature better known as auto-correct. She also deemed invalid Samsung's patent on multimedia synchronization, the ability to access movies and music across multiple devices in different locations.
"We are disappointed by the court's decision, and look forward to the jury trial (in March), when the jury is expected to consider the claims related to the remaining summary judgment requests that were denied," a Samsung spokesman said. "We remain confident that our products do not infringe Apple's intellectual property, and we will continue to take all appropriate measures to protect our intellectual property rights."
Apple wasn't immediately available for comment.
The latest development comes as Apple and Samsung continue to fight it out in global courts over patent infringement, a battle that began when Apple first sued Samsung in 2011.
So far, Apple has gotten the better of Samsung. In a high-profile U.S. case, a federal jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple a combined $930 million for infringing Apple's intellectual property.
The March trial between the two companies involves a different set of Apple patents used in more recent Samsung products such as the Galaxy S III smartphone. Since the coming trial involves newer products that were bigger sellers, industry experts say there is a possibility of an even larger damages award if Samsung is found to have infringed Apple's patents.
Encouraged by the court to settle their dispute before the trial, the chief executives of Apple and Samsung are expected to hold talks by Feb. 19 to see if they can hammer out an agreement to end the legal fight. In the past, such talks haven't yielded much progress in resolving the matter.
Write to Daisuke Wakabayashi at Daisuke.Wakabayashi@wsj.com and Min-Jeong Lee at min-jeong.lee@wsj.com
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