Samsung wins Tokyo patent ruling

A Tokyo court has dismissed Apple's claim that Samsung had infringed on its patent - the latest ruling in the global legal battle over smartphones that pits the two technology titans against each other.

Samsung, of South Korea, the world's largest maker of phones, welcomed the Tokyo District Court ruling that its technology to synchronise mobile players with computers did not infringe on Apple patents as confirming "our long-held position".%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%