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Apple ordered to rewrite apology

Seen is a notice written by Apple saying that it has accepted the latest ruling by the United Kingdom Court of Appeal in London that ordered the Cupertino-based firm to revise its previous apology to Samsung on Apple’s U.K. website. The Financial Times published the statement in its Thursday edition.By Kim Yoo-chulAn appeals court in the United Kingdom has ordered Apple to rewrite its apology to Samsung Electronics on its website. It is the latest ruling in the legal feud between the companies after Apple accused the Korean firm of infringing on patents for its iPad.British judges also warned Apple’s top-level executives, including CEO Tim Cook, that they risk being jailed if the California-based firm fails to comply with the latest court order.According to legal sources directly involved with the Samsung-Apple tussle, the court ordered Apple to rewrite its court-mandated apology to Samsung that mocked its rival for producing tablets that were ``not as cool’’ as the iPad, angering Samsung. Apple did post an apology stating that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets d

Nov 2, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

Exclusive Samsung aims at top five gobal brand value

Sue ShimSamsung Electronics Chief Marketing OfficerBy Kim Yoo-chulSUWON, Gyeonggi Province ― Over the past few years, Samsung Electronics has been in fierce patent battle with Apple. It still remains to be seen which company will claim victory but the dispute has brought mixed results to the Korean technology giant so far.A U.S. jury gave a $1.05 billion victory to the California-based firm, while courts outside of Apple’s home turf have generally ruled in favor of Samsung, thwarting the U.S. firm’s claims.However, looking at the broader picture, it seems that things are turning more in favor of the Korean firm. Ever since the dispute began, Samsung has widened its market gap with Apple in the smartphones market. More importantly, its brand value globally has improved remarkably, while its rival’s has been stuck in a status quo.``I’m positive our brand equity is going to see a steep increase over the next few years. Samsung Electronics aims to become the top five in brand value by 2020,’’ said Samsung Electronics Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Nov 1, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
[Exclusive] Samsung aims at top five gobal brand value
Tech & Science

Samsung CEO calls for new growth engines

By Kim Yoo-chulKwon Oh-hyunSamsung Electronics CEOThe chief executive of Samsung Electronics has called for its executives and employees to find new growth engines to ride out of the rising economic challenges in the coming years.``If you are satisfied with what you have achieved so far, then we will fall down suddenly. For a bright future, Samsung shouldn’t stop its vigorous efforts to find the next cash generators,’’ Kwon Oh-hyun, Samsung Electronics vice chairman, told executives and employees Thursday.His comments came at an internal event to mark the industrial kingpin’s 43rd anniversary of its foundation. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee missed this year’s event as he was in Japan, according to a company spokesman in Seoul but mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun and consumer electronics business head Yoon Boo-keun were in attendance.``The economy is expected to see another slow year of recovery in 2013. The consumer electronics industry is at a major crossroads. This is a new trend that Samsung hasn’t experienced. No evolution means no f

Nov 1, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Samsung CEO calls for new growth engines
Tech & Science

Samsung developing chips for Galaxy SIV

By Kim Yoo-chulSamsung Electronics has teamed up with U.K.-based semiconductor designer ARM to develop the Exynos 5400 advanced mobile application processors (APs) to be used in the Galaxy SIV scheduled to be unveiled early next year, according to industry sources Wednesday.``Samsung’s system division ― part of the firm’s semiconductor business ― is in the process of developing advanced system chips with ARM by using 28-nanometer high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology,’’ said an industry source, Wednesday. HKMG is an advanced transistor technologyThe 5400 will be the latest in the Exynos series. Exynos refers to ARM-designed system chips manufactured by Samsung Electronics. Advanced system chips are called logic chips.``Mass production of the Exynos 5400 chips will materialize sometime within the first quarter of next year,’’ according to the source who asked not to be identified.“Samsung has applied ARM’s most-advanced Cortex A15-architecture to the new chip. That means the Exynos 5400 is much faster and far better in battery co

Oct 31, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
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KG Inicis teams up with Alipay to enter China

By Kim Yoo-chulKG Inicis, the nation’s leading provider for various comprehensive payment services, said Tuesday it has formed a strategic alliance with Alipay of China in what analysts see as a move to bolster the Korean company’s Chinese presence.Under the alliance, customers in China who have appetites to buy consumer products in Korea are allowed to pay Chinese currency by using Alipay’s processing networks, while registered Korean companies using Inicis’ payment systems will be paid by the South Korean won, Inicis said in a statement.KG Inicis stocks hiked by 7.76 percent to end at 11,800 won on the nation’s junior and tech-heavy KOSDAQ market, according to the data from the bourse operator Korea Exchange (KRX).Alipay is an online payment services provider. Founded by the Alibaba group, it allows individuals and businesses to execute payment processing systems. Alipay’s systems are currently being used in some 460,000 firms in China including those in major e-commerce sites such as Taobao.com and Alibaba.com, the statement added.Alipay is a Ch

Oct 31, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

Who copied who?

Apple’s copycat argument against Samsung faces backlashBy Kim Yoo-chul, Cho Mu-hyunSeverin de Wit, founder of the Intellectual Property Expert Group (IPEG) consultancyEver since the patent war between Samsung and Apple began, the simplest but most controversial issue at the legal battle has been whether the Korean firm’s Galaxy series copied features of the U.S. tech giant’s i-branded devices.Courts, as well as legal experts, have been split over the issue as many believe that it is hard to make a distinction between copying and creating in the rapidly-changing technology sector. Courts in the U.S. have ruled in favor of Apple, while those away from the iPhone maker’s home turf ruled otherwise.It remains to be seen whether which company will claim victory in the historic patent war but it seems things are turning more in favor of the Korean firm as Apple’s copycat argument is facing a strong backlash from a growing number of global patent experts.A noted global patent expert said that the validity of Apple’s copycat argument is weak as Samsung

Oct 29, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Who copied who?
Tech & Science

Samsung gains on consumer choice's approach

Consumers talk with a shop assistant at a sales outlet of Samsung Electronics in Seoul in this undated file photo. The Korean technology giant has widened its market gap with Apple in smarthphones on the back of brisk sales of the Galaxy S III. / Korea Times fileBy Kim Yoo-chul, Cho Mu-hyun Samsung’s final argument in the San Jose court, Calif., in August was ``customers make choices, not mistakes.’’ Then Samsung legal counsel Charles Verhoeven insisted no analysis was presented on whether or not any customers were confused at the point of sale and contended that there was no deception or confusion. But the claim was simply rejected as the nine U.S. jurors awarded Apple $1.05 billion for Samsung’s willful infringement on Apple patents. Verhoeven’s claims seems right, at least as Samsung is receiving more favorable responses from customers globally since the California verdict. The reason seems clear ― Samsung is shipping more phones than Apple, though Apple is keeping the factory utilization rates of its major suppliers such as Foxconn Technology hi

Oct 29, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

No more foul plays

 Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, the world’s two leading makers of memory chips used in consumer electronics products and mobile devices, are vowing to end their destructive competition over market share amid a deepening global downturn. / Korea Times fileSamsung, SK talk of ending semiconductor game of chickenBy Kim Yoo-chulExecutives of both Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, the world’s two largest makers of computer memory chips, admit the companies had been playing a dangerous game of chicken that can’t last. It remains to be seen whether they can deliver on their promise to end it.Despite volatile demand for consumer electronics products, the chipmakers have been spending massively to boost their production capacity in a blind obsession with market share. And as the game of chicken goes, the worst possible outcome occurs when both players don’t yield, Jun Dong-soo, president of Samsung’s memory business, told reporters recently. ``This type of competition was inevitable in the past as there were many suppliers and buyers in the memory chip ma

Oct 28, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

LG pushes back OLED TV mass production to 2013

By Kim Yoo-chulLG has put its plans for commercializing organic light emitting diode (OLED) televisions on hold due to unresolved technological issues. Setting consumer prices at reasonable levels also appears to be a difficult challenge. The group’s consumer electronics arm, LG Electronics, had originally planned to introduce 55-inch OLED sets, which provide sharper pictures than conventional liquid crystal display (LCD) flat screens with lower power consumption.LG Display Chief Financial Officer James Jeong, (CFO), whose firm provides flat-screen panels to its sister company, confirmed there are no plans for mass producing OLED screens this year. ``The mass production of the displays is unlikely, although the design of the panels will be finished and unveiled this year,’’ he said. Although an LG official told technology website CNET that plans for launching OLED televisions this year haven’t changed, Jeong said; ``There is a possibility of making prototype products on a limited volume. But we won’t be providing a stable supply of OLED screens for telev

Oct 28, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
Tech & Science

SK C&C eyes Chinese market

By Kim Yoo-chulSK C&C, the Internet business arm of SK Group, has acquired a Chinese electronic commerce provider as it looks to penetrate further into the fast-growing market. In a statement released Sunday, the company said it spent 2.26 billion won to purchase 42 percent of the Hubei-based Yunong E-Commerce. ``The deal will help us maintain our Chinese business in a stable manner,’’ an SK C&C spokeswoman said. ``The latest acquisition will pave the way for us to accelerate our efforts to seek ways to haul ourselves out of the saturated local market and expand overseas with China leading the way.’’ The Korean firm plans to expand the number of its e-commerce partners inside Hubei Province to 500 by the end of this year and SK C&C said that the number will reach 55,000 by 2016.She added SK C&C plans to begin e-commerce business in major rural cities in China from 2017.The acquisition comes after leading technology companies like Google, Samsung and Microsoft, as well as banks, are increasing their investments for bigger pieces in the fast-grow

Oct 28, 2012By Kim Yoo-chul
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