Andreas Udo de Haes for Computerworld:

Apple’s iPhone 4S does not infringe on four of Samsung Electronics’ key 3G patents, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, has ruled.Apple need not pay Samsung royalties on the patents because the patents are already covered by Samsung’s licensing deal with Qualcomm, the maker of the 3G baseband chips used in the latest iPhone. This means Samsung’s patent rights in the case are exhausted, the court judges ruled.

Samsung isn’t having a lot of luck blocking Apple in its various patent cases. Maybe it should just give up.