In According to the new media statement released by Samsung Electronics Co, the company has filed a counter claim against Apple Inc. with the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registery, on September 16. The claim says that Apple infringed seven Australian patents owned by Samsung. These patents were related to wireless communications standards are being used in Apple's iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 products.
This latest move comes after Samsung last month delayed the launch of its latest Galaxy tablet computer in Australia over a global patent dispute with Apple.
Samsung also states that the patents that Apple relied on in its claims against Samsung in relation to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 were invalid and should be revoked by the court. This is not the first time that Samsung is counter suing Apple. Such counter suits over patents have earlier been filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany. Apple is yet to comment on the development.
Samsung and Apple have been locked in a battle over smartphones and tablets patents since April as Apple seeks to rein in the growth of Google's Android phones by taking direct aim at the biggest Android vendor, Samsung.
Apple, which has conquered the high end of the phone market with its iPhone, has argued that Samsung had infringed on its patents and the Galaxy line of products "slavishly" copied its design, look and feel. The battle between the two companies is being fought in United States as well as Europe, South Korea and Australia.
In Germany Apple scored a legal victory, when a German court barred Samsung's local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Europe's biggest economy.
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