Apple wins lawsuit against Samsung, as jury awards $1B for patent infringement

[HotelUser]

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/...-samsung-case/

A jury has ruled for Apple in its huge smartphone patent infringement case involving Samsung and ordered Samsung to pay $1.5 billion.The verdict was reached Friday.
In its lawsuit filed last year, Apple Inc. had demanded $2.5 billion while accusing Samsung of ripping off the design technology of iPhones and iPads.
During closing arguments at the trial, Samsung attorney Charles Verhoeven called that demand ridiculous and asked the jury to award Samsung $399 million after claiming Apple used Samsung Electronics Co. technology without proper compensation.
The two companies lead the $219 billion market for smartphones and computer tablets. They are enmeshed in similar lawsuits in the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.


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And so the patent system continues, and Apple receives a tremendous settlement of over 1 billion dollars (unless appeals are still on the table).

This decision happened after another decision made in Samsung's hometown South Korea:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19364875

where both companies are being forced to hold certain products at bay until further legal proceedings ensue.

Meanwhile Google is calling for patent reform:

http://androidheadlines.com/2012/08/featured-google-wants-patent-reform-get-rid-of-abstract-concepts-and-patent-trolls.html

Patents, patents, PATENTS!

[Recursion]

A drop in the ocean for Samsung's quarterly income, but still a nice win for Apple. Will be interested in how the appeals turn out.

[HotelUser]

A drop in the ocean for Samsung's quarterly income, but still a nice win for Apple. Will be interested in how the appeals turn out.

Agreed, as well as the ongoing affairs for the two in SKorea.

[GommeInc]

Not a bad settlement in the end, considering it's less than half of the original demand and no ban of sales. It would of been better if a British judge stepped in, told them both they were stupid and strutted out of the room like a Judge Judy.

The South Korean case is incredibly stupid. Banning both products is ridiculous, it's usually one or the other, or neither. So those who now want iPhones and Galaxy phones just have to wait for the two to fight each other out over patents which are more of a hindrance than anything. All this because organisations can't play fair :/

[Oleh]

Sigh. Another day where a company can patent a shape and position of a button and it be considered fine.

[dirrty]

Sigh. Another day where a company can patent a shape and position of a button and it be considered fine.

surely this will/should encourage more innovation, opposed to using designs that are extremely similar to competitors?

[GommeInc]

surely this will/should encourage more innovation, opposed to using designs that are extremely similar to competitors?

Depends on the design. Curves are what people expect these days - keyboards, laptops, cameras, speakers... Nearly everything in my room has curved corners. Curves are a basic design feature which shouldn't of been patented. Samsung use a different sort of curve (the SIII is one example) to avoid the patent, but why should it be about avoiding the patent? Remove the patent altogether. The Samsung phones are clearly different to the iPhone(s), the rest is all de minimus stuff no one should dare care about, particularly a court.

It's pretty disgusting how Apple are now seeking a sales ban in the US, aiming to announce this at the follow up hearing in September. Hopefully the appeal Samsung are putting in moves the case to a higher court - it was a daft idea to have a jury involved when most trials by jury do not solve the problem, but make it worse.

[xxMATTGxx]

It is a stupid system but something that came up on twitter the past few days is that Microsoft is one of the only companies who is not trying to copy Apple. They say that because they are trying to think for themselves and actuality come up with their own innovation. Which I some what agree with - I may not agree with every decision they are currently making but it's better than say staling from other companies. Although the US patent system seems to be very flawed in many different ways. Who knows what will happen in terms of other companies.

I suppose it also helps that Microsoft and Apple have a number of agreements with each other and that's why you don't see them suing each other and other sorts in recent years.

[sex]

will the not just appeal it lol?

[Hiding]

i already knew were gonna win from the start.