A U.S. jury has found that Samsung acted willfully to infringe at least three of Apple's patents; found the Apple patents valid and awarded Apple $1.051 billion in damages.
The jury found the Galaxy tablet did not, however, infringe any Apple patents.
The jury also found that Apple did not infringe Samsung wireless standards or features patents
Separately, a South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung violated each other's patents, has prohibited the companies from selling the infringing devices in South Korea, and has awarded both companies fairly insignificant damages, the Wall Street Journal says.
The three-judge panel in the Seoul Central District Court also ruled that there was "no possibility" that smart phone buyers could confuse devices from the companies.
Full details still are being released, and we must expect perhaps years of subsequent litigation, but Apple seems to have a big victory against its most potent competitor in the smart phone business.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Apple Wins Big in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Samsung
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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