The jury has reached a verdict in the mega-trial and circus known as the Apple vs. Samsung trial. If you've not been paying attention, Apple says that Samsung violated more patents with more devices and they should pay $2 billion in damages. Samsung feels differently, and says that Apple violated some of their patents and needs to pay. Google is saying this one is basically between Apple And Samsung, but they might kick in a few dollars to help if Samsung loses.
After deliberation, the jury finds:
- Samsung is guilty of violating patent 5,946,647 (the autocorrect text entry patent) with all devices named in this suit.
- Samsung was found not guilty of violating the 6.847.959 patent (Apple's Spotlight search)
- Samsung was found not guilty of violating the 7,761,414 patent (data synchronization patent)
- Samsung was found guilty of violating the 8,046,721 patent (slide-to-unlock) on some devices named, but not all
The jury ruled that Samsung owes Apple $119.6 million in damages. Apple was found guilty of violating one of the two Samsung counterclaims, as were fined $158,400
It's nice to see the lawyers get richer, and it's always great when costly things like trials get added to the price of our devices.
Source: re/code
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