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Apple goes for Samsung's jugular following billion dollar settlement

Saturday, 25 August 2012 11:00
applelogo022212_optBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Samsung called the verdict awarding Apple over $1 billion in their patent infringement lawsuit “a loss for the American consumer.”

Apple won $1.05 billion in damages after a jury ruled that Samsung infringed five of seven patents from the company. It was the fourth largest amount awarded in a patent case in U.S. history. Apple sued Samsung in April 2011, and Samsung fired back with a lawsuit of their own.

An Associated Press report on NBC 10 Philadelphia said that according to the jury, several Samsung devices illegally took Apple ideas like a "bounce-back" feature where a user can scroll to an end image and the ability to zoom text by tapping a finger.

According to CNET News, an internal report from Samsung showed a number of side-by-side slides in which the company compared its first Galaxy smartphone to the iPhone and offered suggestions on how to make the Galaxy more like the Apple model.

An Apple statement read: “We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. We make these products to delight our customers, not for our competitors to flagrantly copy. We applaud the court for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right.”

According to Todayonline.com, a statement by Samsung read: "It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and others."

Apple filed a motion to get Samsung to take some of its devices off the market with a hearing scheduled for Sept. 20, according to Venture Beat. The jury also determined that many of the Apple patents were willfully infringed upon by Samsung, which would give the judge the option of tripling the damages.

WSJ.com reported that Apple is partly looking to slow down the Android operating system that is used by Samsung and other manufacturers. Reports said that in the second quarter of 2012, Android phones represented 68 percent of the smartphone market, while Apple only shipped 17 percent.

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