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Victory For Apple In "Patent Trial of the Century," To the Tune of $1 Billion

Posted by timothy on from the still-unfolding-though dept.

pdabbadabba writes "The jury is in in the epic patent dispute between Apple and Samsung and Apple appears to be coming out on top. The court is still going through the 700+ items on the verdict form, but things seem to be going Apple's way so far. In the case of Apple's various UI patents, the jury is consistently ruling that Samsung not only violated Apple's patent, but did so willfully." Reader bob zee also points to the AP's story, as carried by Breitbart.com, and Charliemopps adds Reuters' take. Reader Samalie contributes a link to a live blog of the (at this writing) ongoing recitation of the verdict. Whether you like it or not, even this verdict won't be the last word.

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  1. poop. by xevioso · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess I better get ready to pony up to Apple for those brownies with rounded, beveled edges I made last night.

    sigh. :-(

    1. Re:poop. by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only if you make phone calls on them, in which case the legality of the ingredients might be more of a problem...

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  2. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... by xevioso · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't know the lawyers I know.

  3. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... by xevioso · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe typically the fees include your very soul, the souls of your children and significant others, your very hopes, dreams and aspirations, with an airtight guarantee of a certain % of all future occurrences of personal satisfaction. I believe that is fairly typical; some lawyers charge more. It varies.

  4. Re:Only 22 hours of deliberations by mosb1000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the one iPhone guy was probably very fanatical about it.

  5. Re:Only 22 hours of deliberations by Ambiguous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the two Android guys wouldn't stop talking about how fanatical the iPhone guy was.

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  6. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... by ChinggisK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats funny. My office of 5000+ is about to buy iPhones for 20% of them to replace aging Blackberry phones. With that they have already purchased mass provisioning and corporate app distribution capabilities.

    Guess personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture of the landscape.

    We really only have your personal anecdote to back up the assertion that personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture.

  7. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... by DeadCatX2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But in this case the fees include your seoul.

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  8. Re:it's nokia that should sue samsung by martinX · · Score: 5, Funny

    You realise Apple patented these things in the 2000s, a few hundred years before DS9?

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