Jury: Samsung's Phones Infringed on Some Apple Patents; Jury awards Apple $1.051 Billion
Last edited Fri Aug 24, 2012, 07:18 PM - Edit history (4)
Source: Reuters
@Reuters: Jury verdict says some Samsung phones infringed Apple design patent on icons, watch http://t.co/NzQPj2jZ for updates $AAPL
@Reuters: Jury says Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 did not infringe Apple design patent on industrial tablet design, watch http://t.co/NzQPj2jZ $AAPL
Samsung's phones infringed on some Apple patents: jury
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA | Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:53pm EDT
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A U.S. jury said on Friday that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had infringed some of Apple Inc's patents.
The verdict is still being read in a San Jose, California, federal courtroom and not all of the key legal findings have been announced.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE87N13V20120824
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)South Korea blocked the sale of some of the products of both companies this morning having found both companies guilty of infringing each others patents.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)appears to be a repetition, by coincidence , of that happened this morning in S. Korea.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)It's about the OS. Not the crappy little Samsung devices.
Android is pure theft. Samsung set them perfectly.
This thief is having a bad night:
Sell your Google stock, now.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,081 posts)when did that happen?
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savalez
(3,517 posts)When did that happen?
MessiahRp
(5,405 posts)Apple makes almost everything in China under slave labor conditions. Seriously fuck them.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Same factories.
Want to avoid slave labor? Go live in the woods.
MightyMopar
(735 posts)totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)1 billion and they walk away.
former9thward
(32,233 posts)No walking away. You must not have followed the case. This will affect their products far into the future. If they could just "walk away" they would have happily paid a billion to settle the case before trial.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)At least a complete ban on many Samsung products - those found "too similar" to Apple.
I guess that means any rectangular-shaped smartphone that uses icons to represent various programs.
naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)...the courts will ban the devices named in the winning lawsuit.
This has happened before.
Samsung will pay Billions in the end.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)The trial didn't cover bans - in fact, Apple is still seeking to ban many Samsung products.
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Apple-seeks-ban-on-8-Samsung-phones-3818538.php
In a filing in the same San Jose federal court where it won its case after a four-week trial Friday, Apple urged U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to ban the sales of the Galaxy S 4G, S2 AT&T, S2 Skyrocket, S2 T-Mobile, S2 Epic 4G, S Showcase, the Droid Charge and the Prevail.
Apple already has won a ban on U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, a ban Samsung sought to have lifted Sunday after the jury found the company's tablet computer didn't infringe the Apple design patent on which the June ban was based. (The jury found that the device infringed three of Apple's software patents instead.)
kwassa
(23,340 posts)How could they ever win?
How many jury members have family connections to the local tech industry and Apple?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)That's what will happen here if Samsung doesn't pay up on current and future models.
Apple will make money on every Samsung product for years.
Until they actually come up with an original design.
naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)1 billion and they walk away.. that's not bad
onehandle
(51,122 posts)What are they going to do now that they can't copy Apple any more. Innovate?
They tried that and failed.
This is about much more than a measly $1B.
And Google is next. Samsung has set them up. That's why they begged Samsung not to copy Apple.
naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)They have taken a huge part of the market for a price tag of 1 billion. That is cheap. Why can't they just do it again?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Or innovate. That's not going to happen.
They're copycats.
former9thward
(32,233 posts)Stanford law professor disagrees with you. This is a huge victory for Apple, Mark Lemley, a Stanford Law School professor, said in an e-mail. The verdict is just large enough to be the largest surviving patent verdict in history.
Even more important is the injunction Judge Koh is likely to issue, Lemley said after the verdict on Aug.24. The real question is whether this is enough to derail the momentum the Android ecosystem has gained in the marketplace.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-25/apple-s-1-billion-verdict-may-lead-to-samsung-sales-ban.html
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)bl968
(360 posts)The jury went in with the outcome predetermined, and I have no doubt that will be one of the grounds that Samsung will be appealing.
The Jurors had a 700 question jury form and based on total time they deliberated, they spent less than 2 minutes on each one. There was absolutely no deliberation.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)A South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices.
The court imposed a limited ban on national sales of products by both companies covered by the ruling.
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The sales ban will apply to Apple's iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and its tablets the iPad and iPad 2.
Samsung products affected by the ban include its smartphone models Galaxy SI and SII and its Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PCs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19364875
Different results are likely to occur worldwide. Unlikely to affect later models.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Samsung to appeal after $1bn Apple award in US case http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19381096
4saken
(152 posts)The "similar" designs between the phones can be attributed to shifts in social interests. And appealing to those interests. Just because people started to like the idea of high offset bevels, and large screens have become affordable to produce, doesn't mean they should be owned by Apple. Apple is pulling this bullshit because they know their phones aren't the best. It really shows just how pathetic and dis-likable Apple is.
hunter
(38,368 posts)I don't think so.
But theres too much money in play and this prevents a rational restructuring of the patent system.
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