Jury awards Apple $290 million in patent infringement case with Samsung
A jury of eight granted Apple $290 million in damages from rival Samsung on Thursday, in exchange for the South Korean electronics maker copying the patented software and hardware designs of the iPhone and iPad.
The verdict was reached in court in San Jose after two days' worth of deliberations. Jurors were deciding how much money to award Apple out of a possible $380 million decision.
The $290 million will join nearly $600 million that Samsung was already ordered to pay in the initial trial with Apple. This latest retrial was held to determine damages related to five specific patents in the suit.
The verdict comes in the second week of a retrial to determine how much more Samsung owes Apple after the Cupertino, Calif.-based company's decisive $1.05 billion victory last year. Following that verdict, Judge Lucy Koh vacated roughly $405 million in damages and set the retrial in motion.
The $290 million verdict is nearly $100 million less than the $380 million Apple sought in the retrial, but far above the $53 million Samsung said it owed. In a series of seemingly desperate last-minute attempts to delay the verdict, Samsung first moved for a mistrial on racial grounds, and then asked Judge Koh to stay the case pending a possibly years-long reexamination of a key Apple patent.
Judge Koh denied both motions, and the new verdict brings Apple's total award in the landmark patent dispute to over $900 million.
Comparison of Apple and Samsung devices. | Source: Apple v. Samsung court documents
The retrial involved testimony from Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller, who revealed that the original iPhone was a massive "bet-the-company" gamble that ultimately paid off. Following the iPhone's success, Samsung began manufacturing devices that copied the look and feel of it, as well as the iPad.
"There were huge risks," Schiller said about the original iPhone. "We had a saying inside the company that it was a 'bet-the-company' product. We were starting to do well again in iPod. Then here we're going to invest all these resources, financial as well as people, in creating this product."
Closing remarks were given by both sides in the trial on Tuesday, setting the stage for the jury's deliberations. Apple's attorneys said the company has a chance to be "made whole" by reinstating $380 million in vacated damages, while Samsung's lawyers argued that Apple exaggerated the importance of the five patents involved in the case.
The verdict was reached in court in San Jose after two days' worth of deliberations. Jurors were deciding how much money to award Apple out of a possible $380 million decision.
The $290 million will join nearly $600 million that Samsung was already ordered to pay in the initial trial with Apple. This latest retrial was held to determine damages related to five specific patents in the suit.
Thursday's decision brings Apple's total awards from Samsung to over $900 million.
The verdict comes in the second week of a retrial to determine how much more Samsung owes Apple after the Cupertino, Calif.-based company's decisive $1.05 billion victory last year. Following that verdict, Judge Lucy Koh vacated roughly $405 million in damages and set the retrial in motion.
The $290 million verdict is nearly $100 million less than the $380 million Apple sought in the retrial, but far above the $53 million Samsung said it owed. In a series of seemingly desperate last-minute attempts to delay the verdict, Samsung first moved for a mistrial on racial grounds, and then asked Judge Koh to stay the case pending a possibly years-long reexamination of a key Apple patent.
Judge Koh denied both motions, and the new verdict brings Apple's total award in the landmark patent dispute to over $900 million.
Comparison of Apple and Samsung devices. | Source: Apple v. Samsung court documents
The retrial involved testimony from Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller, who revealed that the original iPhone was a massive "bet-the-company" gamble that ultimately paid off. Following the iPhone's success, Samsung began manufacturing devices that copied the look and feel of it, as well as the iPad.
"There were huge risks," Schiller said about the original iPhone. "We had a saying inside the company that it was a 'bet-the-company' product. We were starting to do well again in iPod. Then here we're going to invest all these resources, financial as well as people, in creating this product."
Closing remarks were given by both sides in the trial on Tuesday, setting the stage for the jury's deliberations. Apple's attorneys said the company has a chance to be "made whole" by reinstating $380 million in vacated damages, while Samsung's lawyers argued that Apple exaggerated the importance of the five patents involved in the case.
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F***!
to cut the check, to Apple?
Can’t Koh step in and kick that up a notch? I’m sure she’s tired of Samsung, too.
I'm not sure if she can now but I hope Koh triples the damages
Apple just spent something like $10M on lawyers and got a $888M payout. That's a HUGE return on investment.
Yes, it's small compared to what Samsung, google, etc. all owe them morally.
But having now defended these patents in court they will not have to sue over them again, and will be able to simply collect royalties from people (hopefully google, and at a high rate too.)
This is good news..
And they can turn that $888M into 88 more lawsuits-- even if they lose them all they still break even!
Time to hold the thieves accountable!
It is so easy to forget the millions spent by Apple to develop the iPad and iPhone from its conception, only to be copied for pennies on the dollar by Apple competitors. Was bad enough Android emulated iOS.
Apple just spent something like $10M on lawyers and got a $888M payout. That's a HUGE return on investment.
Yes, it's small compared to what Samsung, google, etc. all owe them morally.
But having now defended these patents in court they will not have to sue over them again, and will be able to simply collect royalties from people (hopefully google, and at a high rate too.)
This is good news..
And they can turn that $888M into 88 more lawsuits-- even if they lose them all they still break even!
Time to hold the thieves accountable!
Now this is quite serious, really! Before, it was more or less only Microsoft seriously cashing in for (almost) every Android phone sold. Now Apple will ask for royalties as well. After this trial, they have a lot more leverage to do so.
Now Android keeps getting more expensive and the margins for Android-phones are shrinking. This might cause some serious problems. Get the popcorn ready!
Samsung dirt bags finally got what they deserved all along.
This is a resounding victory. They asked for $380MM and received $290MM.
A lot more than the $52 million Samsung said they were worth.
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victory