Apple wins $1 billion victory over Samsung |
| Denver Post - Aug 24, 2012 |
In a verdict that would have warmed the heart of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, a federal jury on Friday handed Apple a resounding legal victory in its bitter patent war with Samsung, ordering the South Korean tech giant to pay more than $1 billion in damages for "willfully" copying the iPhone and iPad.
Legal experts say the jury's finding of willful infringement enables Apple to seek to triple the billion-dollar damage award, already believed to be an unprecedented judgment in a patent trial. The verdict also sends a threatening message to Samsung and other Apple competitors in the mobile-phone and tablet industry that use Google's Android operating system, potentially making it harder for them to compete with the
Cupertino-based tech giant in the multibillion-dollar industry.
Ticking off one by one the findings in a 20-page verdict, the jury said that a wide range of Samsung Electronics smartphones and its Galaxy tablet trampled on Apple's patent rights. The jury in particular found Samsung's Fascinate, Epic 4G and Galaxy S II smartphones were rogue products that warranted more than $100 million each in damages for copying the iPhone, although the panel spared Samsung much punishment for infringing the iPad.
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- Posted: 2012-08-24 22:50:47
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