Apple Awarded $1.051 Billion In Damages As Jury Finds Samsung Infringed On Design And Software Patents

[DarkSnakeKobra]

The jury in the landmark Apple-Samsung trial ruled mostly in favor of Apple, including awarding Apple $1,051,855,000 in damages. Samsung, on the other hand, was granted a total of $0 in damages.

Here’s a quick rundown of how the jury came down on both of the companies. Remember, there are plenty of devices at play here — on Samsung’s side alone, there’s the Captivate, Continuum, Droid Charge, Epic 4G, Fascinate, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Prevail, Galaxy S, Infuse 4G, Mesmerize, Vibrant, plus every carrier’s version of the Galaxy S II.

Full article at http://techcrunch.co...26pLid%3D196998

[AdvancedSetup]

The biggest issue is that the US Patent Office should never have given anyone a patent for something as basic a design idea as most of these claims are about.

I have an oblong device with glass on it -

I have some square icons on my menu -

Crazy the stuff that companies are allowed to patent - talk about strangling a market and creativity

[DarkSnakeKobra]

Exactly. Some of this stuff is just stupid. Talk about not letting others reinvent the wheel a different way...

[mountaintree16]

The biggest issue is that the US Patent Office should never have given anyone a patent for something as basic a design idea as most of these claims are about.

I have an oblong device with glass on it -

I have some square icons on my menu -

Crazy the stuff that companies are allowed to patent - talk about strangling a market and creativity

Agreed!

[nosirrah]

There needs to be a better mechanism in place that judges the difference between a new and creative way of doing something and what is the only way to do something. There is a big difference between building a new engine for cars and saying that you invented making wheels turn against the road and now no one else can make wheels turn against the road.

[BornSlippy]

In the not too distant future as the US becomes less and less important as a consumer economy in the same way as it has as a producer I suspect descisions such as these will return to haunt them.

[AdvancedSetup]

Yep, just biding my time to check out before things get really ugly

[Firefox]

I totally agree, this patent thing is way out of control.

I think I am going to patent the term "deserted island" that way when I get my own island and call it that, no one else in the world will be able to be on or live in a deserted island.....