Apple has scored a huge victory in its patent battle against Samsung when the jury in California found Samsung to violate a number of Apple patents. A nine-person jury in its verdict last week unanimously agreed with Apple and ordered Samsung to pay $1 billion. Most of the damages were tied to Samsung's smartphones. It rejected Samsung's counterclaims.
The award represents about 1.5 percent of Samsung's annual revenue. Analysts said the embarrassment of the verdict is a bigger blow for Samsung than the financial setback.
Moreover, Apple Inc. on Monday gave a federal judge a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market, including popular Galaxy model smartphones. The products Apple wants out are all smartphones: Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail.
In an ironic twist, Samsung’s loss could be its gain, Enrique Gutierrez, chief technology officer of Digithrive, a Los-Angeles based Internet development and design firm, says: “Best billion dollar ad campaign Samsung ever had.”
Article by Anna Klymenko
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