A really big stone fell from Samsung's heart. In the end, he will not have to leave the Russian market or pay exorbitant sums to a patent troll. In October of last year, she filed a lawsuitcarcompany SQWIN SA to Samsung in Russia lawsuit in an attempt to ban the company from selling its products in the country. This, of course, in order to make money from licensing agreements. However, the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the lawsuits against Samsung and the company can now continue to sell its phones in Russia.
SQWIN SA originally claimed that Samsung, specifically its Samsung Pay, infringed a patent on electronic payment systems. The company filed its lawsuit in October, and a Russian court effectively banned Samsung from importing and selling 61 of its smartphone models in the country. Basically any smartphone with a label Galaxy, which supports Samsung Pay, was technically supposed to fall under this nationwide ban. Fortunately for Samsung, it had the option to appeal the decision, which it did.
Then on January 31, the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected SQWIN SA's lawsuit and ruled that the company had not proven that Samsung acted in bad faith. According to a Samsung legal representative quoted by the magazine Lawer Monthly SQWIN SA was unable to provide enough evidence to prove in court that Samsung had attempted to monetize the technology described in its patent. In other words, it was just another failed attempt by another patent troll.
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Thus, Samsung customers in Russia can continue to buy new phones and use the platform for online payments without obstacles, whether in public transport or, of course, in shops and anywhere else. In case you missed it, Google, VTB Bank, Mastercarda Mosmetro released a virtual transit card in Russia in mid-December Troika, which fully supports Samsung Pay.
