Samsung Presses Ahead on Android

Samsung Electronics has shrugged off early court losses in patent disputes with Apple, apparently confident that it will be able to navigate around them.

The South Korean company, whose fast-rising smartphone business is poised to overtake Apple in unit sales this quarter, introduced several new phones and tablet computers based on the Android operating system that is at the heart of 19 lawsuits brewing between Samsung and Apple in nine countries. Unnamed Samsung executives over the past week have told South Korean media that the company would find ways around recently granted injunctions in Germany and the Netherlands and portrayed both decisions as victories because the courts narrowed the number of disputed patents.