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April 22 (Bloomberg)--Samsung Electronics Co. said it sued Apple Inc., alleging the infringement of a patent, a week after the manufacturer of the iPhone has filed a complaint in Federal Court of United States alleging the South Korean company copied its products.Samsung has presented complaints to the courts to Seoul, Tokyo and Mannheim (Germany), alleging patent infringement by Apple related to mobile communications technologies, based in Suwon Samsung said in a statement by email today. Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesman, refused to comment on and referred to the complaint of the company last week.The move deepens a legal dispute which is the author of the iPhone and iPad between the producer of mobile devices Galaxy in the outbreak requests for computers in smartphones and tablet. Director General Steve Jobs, who relies on Samsung to supply chips for Apple products, said last month the company was among the manufacturers of tablet of fishing to make 2011 "year of Copycats" "Apple strives to thwart Samsung - they are throwing a to Samsung to keep failed" said sea Jin ChangProfessor at the National University of Singapore business. It is strictly commercial. How typical to deal with cases such as this is against to continue. "It is not between Samsung and Apple management, their lawyers will be work it out".Samsung, large manufacturer than chips of memory that store data, fell to 2.7 per cent to won 903,000 11: 35 am, in the trade of Seoul, while the benchmark index ABN lost 0.1%. Samsung has Apple for its second customer.Infringement of a patent "Apple may try to diversify their suppliers and reduce their dependence on the Samsung," said Chang. "But no other company has that costs low as Samsung, so Apple would probably abandon Samsung completely."The trial brought in the Seoul Central District Court cited five violations of patents, the complaint Tokyo cites two and one German cites three alleged violations, Samsung said. Infringement of patents related to communication standards by Apple Samsung and a technology that connects mobile phones to personal computers for wireless data transfers, James Chung, a spokesman based in Seoul for Samsungsaid by telephone. "Samsung is actively addressing the legal action against us to protect our intellectual property and to ensure our growth and innovation continues in the business of mobile communications,"Samsung said in the statement."Pinching, ZoomingSamsung is infringed seven patents related to the manner in which the Galaxy devices include the actions of the user, including the selection, scroll, pinch and zoom, Apple said in its complaint on April 15. Samsung is reached also three patents on the design, including the black face of the iPhone and iPad, according to the complaint of Apple. The Galaxy and compressed, phones that use the software Android from Google Inc., were specifically designed to copy Apple products, Apple said.Apple seeks a court order to block the use of its patents and trade marks, with cash compensation and reasonable funds for future corrective advertising ".Business mobile phone from Samsung "crossed the line", Tim Cook, Apple chief operating officer, said this week after the company reported profit almost doubled over the past year.Apple and Google are in competition for supremacy on the growing market of smartphones and tablets. Software Android Google - used by Samsung, Motorola mobility Holdings Inc. and other companies - represent 39.5% of the global smartphone shipments this year, compared to 15.7% for Apple, according to IDC market research firm.The iPad dominates the Tablet market, accounting for about two - third of sales this year, according to Gartner Inc.Apple is involved in a fight with Motorola mobility patent Holdings, as counsel for Microsoft Corp. Apple are also pleading before a Federal Trade Commission in Washington as another user AndroidCorp. HTC, infringe other patents.-With the help of Adam Satariano in San Francisco. Editors: Young-Sam Cho, Chua Kong Ho
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