apple v. samsung

Now that Apple has scored a lopsided court victory over Samsung in their patent case, the tech giants' next battle looms on September 20. That's when Apple will ask the court to bar U.S. sales of the Samsung smartphones and tablets that a jury found to infringe Apple's patents.

Apple's lawyers made it clear today that they intend to ask for such a ban, given that the jury found Samsung culpable of "willful" infringement of Apple's software and design patents for nearly every one of its phones and tablets named in the case. … Read more

Samsung Electronics -- and possibly Android -- may need a complete overhaul if Apple has its way.

Today's jury verdict, in which Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages after Samsung was found to have copied several key design elements in the iPhone and iPad, could have a ripple effect in how Samsung designs its phones.

Samsung may have to do better than draw its inspiration from nature when designing and building the next wave of Android smartphones. The jury's decision was a statement on just how similar … Read more

It was a big win for Apple today when a jury in San Jose, Calif., awarded the company $1 billion in damages in its patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics. The jury also decided that 26 Samsung Android smartphones and tablets violated several of Apple's design and utility patents.

What follows is a list of the contested patents and the devices that were found to infringe.

'381 patent Besides the "rubber band" effect where a page "bounces" when a user scrolls to the bottom, '381 also includes touch-screen actions like dragging documents and multi-touch capabilities like … Read more

Not long before his death, Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson, the author of Jobs' authorized biography, about his pure hatred for Google Android:

"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."

Few things angered him more than Android, a mobile OS that he believed was copied from … Read more

History buffs will note that Apple scored one of the most lopsided victories since Agincourt on Tim Cook's one-year anniversary as the company's CEO. Late Friday, a jury in a San Jose, Calif., courtroom decided overwhelmingly in favor of Apple's patent claims against Samsung, awarding the company $1.05 billion in damages.

The verdict is likely to reverberate throughout the tech world and beyond, but it won't have much immediate effect on consumers. The next steps will involve more legal action, with Samsung expected to … Read more

Apple is celebrating its patent lawsuit win today and said the verdict sends a clear message that "stealing isn't right."

Samsung may have to pay more than $1 billion in damages, after a jury found the South Korean company infringed on Apple's patents for multiple devices. And Apple is saying justice has been served.

The Cupertino company issued a statement, saying the suit wasn't about the money or the patents, it was about values:

"We are grateful to the jury for their service and for … Read more

I was really looking forward to at least another week.

I was hoping to be able to digest all the nuances, potential results, pitfalls and expert predictions.

I tell you who wasn't looking forward to that: the jury at the Apple/Samsung trial.

These 9 fine members of humanity must have peered through the window and thought: "Oh, look. We're in Northern California. It's sunny outside. A perfect weekend for sailing."

The just-announced verdict showed that this magnificent nine, some of whom have worked in tech, … Read more

Samsung Electronics isn't the only one stinging from today's overwhelming defeat at the hands of Apple; this is a massive blow to Google and Android too.

A San Jose, Calif., district court jury today awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages after it found Samsung had willfully copied the various design cues of the iPhone and iPad. In doing so, it just laid a smack-down on the entire Android community.

While the monetary damages are significant, they pale in comparison to the precedent set by this jury that Apple'… Read more

Samsung is probably still reeling over a jury's decision to award Apple more than $1 billion in damages over infringed patents, but it says the real loser today is the public.

The South Korean company said in a statement that the verdict means less innovation from manufacturers -- something that should make consumers fearful:

"Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate … Read more