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Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts) Fri May 2, 2014, 10:09 PM May 2014

Jury says Samsung, Apple both infringed patents

Source: AP-Excite

By PAUL ELIAS

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California jury determined Friday that Samsung infringed Apple smartphone patents and awarded $120 million in damages.

The panel delivered its verdict in federal court San Jose in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants. It also ruled that Apple infringed Samsung patents and awarded $158,000 in damages.

Apple Inc. had sought $2.2 billion after accusing Samsung Electronics Co. of infringing five of its patents covering functions such as slide-to-lock, universal searching, quick linking, automatic word correction and background syncing.

Samsung had sought $6 million after arguing Apple that had infringed two of its smartphone patents related to camera use and video transmission.

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Jury says Samsung, Apple both infringed patents (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2014 OP

Apple always wins mackerel May 2014 #1

The patent system is broken. It impedes progress, it does not promote it. hunter May 2014 #2

mackerel

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1. Apple always wins

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Fri May 2, 2014, 10:24 PM

May 2014

hunter

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2. The patent system is broken. It impedes progress, it does not promote it.

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Sat May 3, 2014, 10:57 AM

May 2014

The patent system today feeds the lawyers, not the innovators.

Apple and Samsung are two dinosaurs wrestling. The small mammals had best get out of the way.

I really don't care which one "wins." I'm weary of consumer culture and marketing titans.

My own cell phone is just a boring telephone. I feel much the same about it as I do my automobile -- it irritates the hell out of me that I have to have either to be considered a "responsible adult" in this society.

I never wanted a car, I never wanted a cell phone. They were forced upon me by a consumer culture I do not respect.

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