That's right, put another one in the win column for the Cupertino crusher -- the details are unrolling right now on CNET's Live Blog, but it looks as though the jury has found that Samsung infringed on some of Apple's patents and diluted the iPhone's trade dress, for starters.
Translation: Apple has won on almost all patent claims read so far, and the Korean company is being ordered to pay up billions in damages.… Read more
Complete coverage: Apple v. Samsung, a battle over billions
Corrected at 6:35 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It wasn't even close.
After 21 hours of deliberation, a nine-person jury has sided with Apple on a majority of its patent infringement claims against Samsung Electronics. The jury also awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages.
Apple had originally sought $2.75 billion in damages, and though it wasn't unanimous on all counts, the verdict was overwhelmingly in Apple's favor. Samsung, which asked for $421 million in its countersuit, did not receive a nickel. (Refer … Read more
Complete coverage: Apple v. Samsung, a battle over billions
The nine-person jury in the Apple v. Samsung case decided one of the tech sector's most significant patent cases -- and only one member has any experience with patents.
The verdict in the case could go a long way toward shaping the future of the smartphone and tablet markets, and of the nine jurors, only four own a smartphone. Three own tablets.
Still, the jury, which has now reached a verdict (our live blog is here), wasn't necessarily made up of tech novices either. Four of them have worked … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A decision in the multi-billion dollar trial between Apple and Samsung has been reached, and will be announced shortly.
Join our live blog as the verdict is read.
Hanging in the balance are possible sales bans on phones and tablets on both sides, as well as a damages tally that ranges from millions to billions of dollars depending on how the jury comes down.
The nine-person group heard the closing arguments from both sides on Tuesday. Apple used its time to once again paint Samsung as a copycat that threatened to undo innovation, while Samsung depicted … Read more
commentary With the trial between Apple and Samsung inching toward a resolution, it's a good time to break out the crystal ball and look at the potential ramifications of the case.
Every indication suggests that the verdict won't be a clean one. There will likely be damages on both sides, and it's still unclear whether there will be clear victor. In addition, the option to appeal could drag this case on for several more years. A separate appeals case between the two regarding software elements of Android and a potential ban on the Galaxy Nexus is set to start in 2014. … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After sitting through more than three weeks of complicated and quite often technical testimony, the nine individuals in the celebrated patent infringement dispute pitting Apple against Samsung, now have to pick a victor.
Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday, but barring a surprise, may take some time to reach a decision.
Legal experts caution that unless you're actually in the room watching the process unfold, this is the messiest part of any trial -- almost comparable to trying to get a group of friends to decide on pizza toppings -- and thus and hardest to handicap. … Read more
There's a lot riding on the verdict the jury in Apple v. Samsung will render.
One of the parties could end up owing the other a lot of money. The court might bar Samsung from selling the various phones that Apple alleges are rip-offs of the iPhone, at least in the U.S. Google's other Android partners that Apple might also find themselves in jeopardy.
Yesterday, U.S. District Lucy Koh handed over Apple v. Samsung to the jurors. Last year, Apple accused Samsung of stealing some of the design and technology ideas that went into the iPhone … Read more
I don't know about the trial of the century.
But in the absence of women who are accused of doing unspeakable things to their children or famous people accused of murder, Apple and Samsung have provided a spectacle that really should have attracted the intellect of Nancy Grace.
Now that the jury is going away to see if it can keep its sanity, perhaps it's worth boiling down the essences, while these fine people struggle with a verdict form that is really a multiple choice test far more taxing than the SATs.
When the respective lawyers stood up yesterday to make their final pleas, … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- While Apple has painted Samsung as a copycat, Samsung fired back today, saying that if Apple wins its case, consumers would lose.
"Your decision, if you go Apple's way, could change the way competition works in this country," Samsung attorney Charles Verhoeven told jurors after pointing to the large collection of press in the back of the courtroom who were there to see closing arguments from both sides in the Apple v. Samsung patent trial.
"Rather than competing in the marketplace, Apple is seeking a competitive edge in the courtroom," he … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple highlighted its broad collection of Samsung internal documents, and not the millions of dollars spent on witnesses, as reasons the jury should take its side in the patent case it filed against Samsung.
Apple attorney Harold McElhinny delivered the company's closing arguments in the form of a greatest hits from the evidence and testimony delivered during the company's trial with Samsung. However, he put the focus on the paperwork Apple obtained ahead of the trial.
"Witnesses can be mistaken. They can be mistaken in good faith," McElhinny said. "Exhibits that … Read more
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