The lawsuit was unlikely to have deprived Lee of his control over Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips.
Mobile carriers requested the company for a US launch.
Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch works as an accessory to its market-leading Galaxy smartphone, with a small screen offering basic functions such as photos, hands-free calls and instant messaging.
Will the Samsung Galaxy Tab S give the latest iPad a run for its money? It seems so, says Shruti Puri.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday launched the world's first smartphone with a curved display, a variant of the Galaxy Note which moves the Asian giant a step closer to achieving wearable devices with flexible - even unbreakable - screens.
The company is already setting up shop elsewhere in Asia in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.
Judge rejected Apple's request for a permanent sales ban in the US against some older Samsung smartphones.
Apple, returning the offensive, could roll out a smaller, cheaper "iPhone Mini" in 2014.
The company, which sells more phones than Samsung in China, aims to sell 1 million smartphones in India next financial year.
Curved displays are an early stage in screen evolution, which is shifting to bendable or foldable designs.
Of the top five vendors, only Apple lost market share, while LG Electronics Inc, Huawei and ZTE Corp making incremental gains.
Brazilian soccer legend Pel has sued Samsung Electronics Co for at least $30 million, alleging the Korean company improperly used a look-alike in an advertisement that ran in the New York Times without permission.
Dixon Technologies has received approval from the Indian government to form a joint venture (JV) with Chinese peer Longcheer, according to a regulatory filing. The JV will be formed between Dixon and Longcheer's Singapore-based subsidiary.
The company is headed for its worst annual profit in three years, under siege as Chinese firms like Xiaomi and Lenovo reel in buyers with full-function touch-screen smartphones that are cheaper.
Google Inc said on Thursday that Andy Rubin, co-founder of its Android mobile business and head of its nascent robotics effort is leaving the company.
Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.
The deal covers patents currently owned by the companies, as well as any filed in the next 10 years.
Samsung also battling low-cost Chinese vendors.
Samsung India on Tuesday announced the launch of four new mid-segment smartphones - Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, Galaxy E5 and Galaxy E7.
With their hundreds of years of watch making experience, Swiss watchmakers can afford to take a long view of technological fads and fashions.
The new phone offers better hardware including a faster processor, a higher quality screen and improved cameras.
The jury found Samsung violated several Apple patents including those related to iPhone's design and appearance
China's Xiaomi unveiled on Tuesday its new flagship Mi 4 smartphone, aimed squarely at the premium handset market dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
The Korean electronics giant says it will get more aggressive on pricing and focus on a narrower set of products for its mid-to-low tier products.
While Samsung and Apple remain the leaders, LG pushed HTC to the fourth spot becoming the world's No. 3 smartphone maker.
Apple may launch two new models this year - an upgrade to iPhone 5 and also a cheaper version of the phone.
Reviewers go gaga over the smartphone technology.
Shipping will start fall.
A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple Inc launched the technology that it promises will better protect devices from criminals and snoopers seeking access.
Lenovo Group, the Chinese technology company that earns about 80 percent of its revenue from personal computers, is betting it can also be a challenger to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc in the smartphone market.
Jury finds that Samsung had infringed two Apple patents
Handset manufacturers are drawing up big plans for large display phones. Bigger than smartphone and smaller than tablet - phablet is going to be the buzzword this year in mobile space.
With the launch of low-cost devices running on Google Inc's Android platform by local firms, sales of tablets and smartphones have grown rapidly in the last two years.
Pantech, South Korea's No.3 smartphone maker, has been under a debt-restructuring programme after suffering six consecutive quarters of losses.
Last month Samsung said that it will launch smartphones with curved display in October.
Loading an app required the watch to pull tremendous amounts of data from iPhones.
Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
Samsung recently introduced its "S bike" mode, a feature targeted at India's legions of motorbike riders that, when activated, notifies callers that the phone's owner is riding and cannot answer
The technology offers better picture quality than LCD, with crisper picture resolution, faster response times and high-contrast images.