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Apple v. Samsung jury finds Apple's patents valid, awards it more than $1.05 billion in damages Aug 24th 2012, 22:44 The federal court jury in the patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has presented its verdict after deliberating for just for 21 hours and 37 minutes following the three week trial. This particular case started with Apple's lawsuit last April and now the jury's decision is that Samsung did infringe on Apple's bounceback patent with all 21 of its products in question. For the patent on pinch-and-zoom, the jury ruled all but three of the devices listed infringed, and more damningly, found that Samsung executives either knew or should have known their products infringed on the listed patents. The jury has also found against Samsung when it comes to Apple's contours on the back of the iPhone and its home screen GUI. The Galaxy Tab however was found not to have infringed upon Apple's iPad design patents. The bad news for Samsung continues, as the jury decided that not only did it willfully infringe on five of the seven Apple patents, but it also upheld their validity. The amount of the damages against Samsung is in: $1,051,855,000.00. The jury has also ruled that Apple did not infringe upon Samsung's patents with the iPhone 3G and 3GS, and has awarded it zero dollars in damages. The jury form consists of many questions (The Guardian has a summarized list) which it is still running through, and of course whatever is decided there will inevitably be appeals. We'll have more information for you as it become available. Developing.... Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile Apple v. Samsung jury finds Apple's patents valid, awards it more than $1.05 billion in damages originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  San Jose Mercury News  | Email this | Comments ITC decides Apple didn't violate Motorola WiFi patent after all, tosses case back to judge Aug 24th 2012, 22:17 Trouble looked to be brewing for Apple last April: an International Trade Commission judge made an initial ruling that Apple infringed on a standards-essential Motorola WiFi patent, raising the possibility of a trade ban if the verdict held true. The fellows in Cupertino may have caught a big break. A Commission review of the decision on Friday determined that Apple didn't violate the patent, and it upheld positions that exonerated the iPhone maker regarding two others. Apple isn't entirely off the hook, however. The ITC is remanding the case to the judge to review his stance that Apple hadn't violated a non-standards-based patent, which still leaves Apple facing the prospect of a ban. However, having to revisit the case nearly resets the clock -- we now have to wait for another ruling and a matching review, and that likely puts any final decision well into 2013. Google-owned Motorola isn't lacking more weapons in its arsenal, but any stalled proceedings take away bargaining chips in what's become a high-stakes game. Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile ITC decides Apple didn't violate Motorola WiFi patent after all, tosses case back to judge originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink FOSSpatents  |  ITC (PDF)  | Email this | Comments

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