Jury awards Apple $119.6M, Samsung $158K in damages after finding both guilty of patent infringement

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  • Reply 81 of 307
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    Originally Posted by SirLance99 View Post





    Just how am I'm peddling? When in FACT just as Samsung was found guilty Apple was found guilty. So what you're saying is that it doesn't matter that Apple was found guilty?



    Look, I think this whole thing is BS and both should fight on the field with products and not in the courts. Apple is not all that Holy as you seem to think they are. They do many bad things just like every single corporation in the world. That's just how it is unfortunately.

    Here, here!!

    Too many tools on here want to see Apple as the sole company producing smart phones (only because they are shareholders - selfish!). Fortunately for the rest of the population, this "vision" will never occur, and we will all prosper in a world of choice, not a garden walled dictatorship.

  • Reply 82 of 307
    ktappektappe Posts: 824member
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    in FACT just as Samsung was found guilty Apple was found guilty

     

    It is also FACT that Samsung was found guilty of more than one infringement whereas Apple had only one. It is FACT that the jury and the judge both deemed Apple's infringement of a much lesser scale than Samsung's. The world is not black & white, no matter how many times and how hard you try to portray it so.

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    atlappleatlapple Posts: 496member
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    Huh? He said its a win for samsung. So I assume you mean to AGREE with me that he's out of his mind.

    It is a win for Samsung. What they stole is worth more than the penalty they paid. If you can steal something that has a worth of 2.2 billion and only have to pay back 120 million that is a big win. I assume any company would take that offer.

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    asdasdasdasd Posts: 5,686member
    andysol wrote: »
    That's a great point. Now those lawyers can get back to doing the R&D and marketing for apple that they're paid to do. As big of a company as Apple is, you think they'd have different skilled workers to handle specific tasks instead of using the same guys for everything. Crazy apple...

    Or the lawyers could be let go, seeing as they haven't achieved much.
  • Reply 85 of 307
    atlappleatlapple Posts: 496member
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    Originally Posted by snova View Post

     

    this from a guy who vetoed Samsung's injunction on old Apple phones and carries an iPad.  keep dreaming. 


    It was a joke. Besides if you're aware of our current political situation you never want Obama backing you. 

  • Reply 86 of 307
    SpamSandwichSpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member
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    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post





    Sure it covers patents. Software was never patent eligible until just a few years ago (relatively) when a court ruled in favor of them albeit with some strict limitations. Over the past 20 year or so those 'strict limitations" became ever looser. Fortunately SCOTUS seems primed to change that.

     

    To which SCOTUS rulings are you referring? Are you mistakenly referring to Judge Posner, the anti-capitalist?

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    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member
    atlapple wrote: »
    It is a win for Samsung. What they stole is worth more than the penalty they paid. If you can steal something that has a worth of 2.2 billion and only have to pay back 120 million that is a big win. I assume any company would take that offer.

    You're right. That said- you want to support a company with those ethics?

    Look- I hate taxes- hate them. But I pay them. I don't pay the "grey area" crap because money isn't everything to me and I want to look myself in the mirror and have integrity. So no, my company wouldn't and doesn't do that crap.
  • Reply 88 of 307
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    Originally Posted by Andysol View Post





    That's a great point. Now those lawyers can get back to doing the R&D and marketing for apple that they're paid to do. As big of a company as Apple is, you think they'd have different skilled workers to handle specific tasks instead of using the same guys for everything. Crazy apple...

    uh huh, just playing along with your pretty stupid point, but don't you think the money is better invested with those "different skilled workers" than wasted on legal resources, akin to dumping the money in a casino? Oh, Apple has billions, they can dump it everywhere. Great long term thinking there.

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    pazuzupazuzu Posts: 1,728member

    Peanuts. Too Bad.

    All of that money spent on lawsuits when we could have had new products instead.

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    asdasdasdasd Posts: 5,686member
    atlapple wrote: »
    It is a win for Samsung. What they stole is worth more than the penalty they paid. If you can steal something that has a worth of 2.2 billion and only have to pay back 120 million that is a big win. I assume any company would take that offer.

    Yes. According to Apples legal team Samsung stole 2B. To only get 5% of that is definitely a loss of sorts.

    It reminds me a bit of the defamation cases where the jury awards a dollar. You won, you were defamed, but your reputation is worth $1.
  • Reply 91 of 307
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    You're right. That said- you want to support a company with those ethics?

     

    Umm.. "Good artists copy, great artists steal"... quote from the man you worship I believe - and the company whose ethics you hold in such high esteem... keep digging, it's enjoyable. :)

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    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    andysol wrote: »
    I know apple needs to release a large phone to compete with samsung, because without one they don't stand a chance. But I'm failing to remember which samsung phone outsells the iPhone. If you could help me remember that'd really help solidify our point of how much better samsung is

    I'll just wait here...

    That's a contradictory statement. If Apple is handedly beating Samsung why does it need to do anything more to compete with it?
  • Reply 93 of 307
    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member
    asdasd wrote: »
    Or the lawyers could be let go, seeing as they haven't achieved much.

    Samsung are now proven- twice- of Willfull infringement.

    Literally saying, "I know I stole and it was wrong, but I did it anyway and I'd do if again"

    Their time is coming. I had a samsung tv and washer/dryer. Washer and dryer still going strong. When I replaced my tv I didn't even consider a samsung. Those educated in the matter and with morals will do the same. Those without the knowledge or moral standards won't. But I'm glad it's getting aired because more morally conscious people are educated with every blow samsung takes.
  • Reply 94 of 307
    SpamSandwichSpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member

    Lesson number two from this trial...

     

    Apple could flood the market with inexpensive plastic phones and utterly destroy Samsung.

  • Reply 95 of 307
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,411member
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    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post

     
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    Originally Posted by Bilbo63 View Post



    $119.6M? Seriously? This is a win for Samsung.

     

    It's a loss, but a win in aggregate. Lesson: if you're a big corporation crime pays.




    Not sure about that. 



    First, if it's found to be willful, damages could be tripled: the $120 million judgment could become $360 million. Second, for the second time, a comprehensive jury trial has shown Samsung to have engaged in IP thievery (they're only haggling about the 'price' of that thievery). Third, while Apple was shown to have violated one minor Samsung camera-related patent (for $158,000), Samsung is being fined 750x the amount that Apple is.



    I think that the most important outcome is, verdicts like this will make Samsung -- and their ilk -- think twice about casually ripping off IP in the future.
  • Reply 96 of 307
    sirlance99sirlance99 Posts: 1,301member
    ktappe wrote: »
    It is also FACT that Samsung was found guilty of more than one infringement whereas Apple had only one. It is FACT that the jury and the judge both deemed Apple's infringement of a much lesser scale than Samsung's. The world is not black & white, no matter how many times and how hard you try to portray it so.

    So because Samsung was found guilty as was Apple and that Samsung will only receive roughly 2% of what they asked for and Apple will receive roughly 9% of what they asked for. I'm not seeing your logic. They both were guilty. Apple was guilty. Get that through you head. It's like you're trying to give Apple a pass.
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    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,647member
    sog35 wrote: »
    But they will take a huge hit in public perception. They will be known as copycats.

    Brand name is incredibly important in consumer electronics.

    Apples brand name is worth over $120B

    I'm pretty sure this hit on Samsungs name will be more than $2B

    I doubt Average Man on the Street will know much if anything at all about this.
  • Reply 98 of 307
    peterbobpeterbob Posts: 60member
    Most of these software patents were useless and obvious. they shouldn't even be patents. At least these next to nothing software patents received next to nothing value. Good day for innovation. Will be a better day when software patents a put in a proper independent class.
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    snovasnova Posts: 1,281member
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Andysol View Post





    Huh? He said its a win for samsung. So I assume you mean to AGREE with me that he's out of his mind.

    It is a win for Samsung. What they stole is worth more than the penalty they paid. If you can steal something that has a worth of 2.2 billion and only have to pay back 120 million that is a big win. I assume any company would take that offer.


    its a win when you steal, lie, are found guilty in the court in front of the public, and have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. Hope these are not the same values you live your life by. If so, I got a shocker for you.  That does not make a winner. 

  • Reply 100 of 307
    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member
    uh huh, just playing along with your pretty stupid point, but don't you think the money is better invested with those "different skilled workers" than wasted on legal resources, akin to dumping the money in a casino? Oh, Apple has billions, they can dump it everywhere. Great long term thinking there.

    When Apple won vs HTC- what were they able to negotiate? If I recall it was $5-7/phone, on top of the judgement.

    So if they get $3 of every samsung phone that uses those patents- you don't think that's worth it financially? Why are the detractors so short sighted. It ain't just $120 mil
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