ChosenOne Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) won a jury verdict of more than $1.05 billion against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) after a finding that Samsung infringed six of seven patents for mobile devices in the first lawsuit to go before a U.S. jury in a fight for dominance of the global smartphone market. The nine-member jury also determined that all of Apple's patents at stake in the trial were valid. The jury began delivering its verdicts today in federal court in San Jose, California. Jurors heard each side present about 25 hours of evidence and testimony at the trial before they started deliberating Aug. 22. The panel was given more than two hours of instructions and a 20-page verdict form. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, sued Samsung in April 2011, and Samsung countersued as part of a battle being waged on four continents over a smartphone market valued at $219.1 billion according to Bloomberg Industries. The companies have also sued each other in the U.K., Australia and South Korea. Questions over damages awards were among the more than 600 questions the jury was asked to address. Apple sought $2.5 billion to $2.75 billion for its claims that Suwon, South Korea- based Samsung infringed four design patents and three software patents in copying the iPhone and iPad. Samsung's demand for as much as $421.8 million in royalties was based on claims that Apple infringed five patents. Yahoo! - Read More Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/24/apple-samsung-trial-verdict-samsung-loses-big/ good details and explanation on the patents that were violated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/24/apple-samsung-trial-verdict-samsung-loses-big/ good details and explanation on the patents that were violated You cant double tap or pinch to zoom in and out. hahaha Apple owns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 You cant double tap or pinch to zoom in and out. hahaha Apple owns.i mean they seem like stupid patents at first and then you realize that a lot of these ideas weren't patented at the time nor were they widespread. samsung should have just done what nokia did and made an agreement beforehand to use these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 So basically Samsung is going to have to redesign everything in their phones pretty much or they will continue to get fined for violating the patents? If so, Apple is going to take over big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 i mean they seem like stupid patents at first and then you realize that a lot of these ideas weren't patented at the time nor were they widespread. samsung should have just done what nokia did and made an agreement beforehand to use these things. I agree some of these patents are crazy lol. The was the phone looks and the icons are designed? lol really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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