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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. Well folks. Apple now has a monopoly by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 1, Troll

    So basically you can look forward to an Apple only world from now on because they have the most money and people are too stupid to realize Apple did not invent the world.

    Fuck Apple.

  2. Re:Apple stifling innovation in lawsuit by Nerdfest · · Score: 1, Troll

    They didn't actually invent any of that. Every singe one of those was 'copied' from those who invented them.

  3. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... by BSDimwit · · Score: 0, Troll

    The entire point of the patent system is to grant an exclusive monopoly on an invention for a limited time to the inventor in exchange for divulging how it was done. Too bad if others can't compete due to this. If they can't compete because of this, that is further proof of the novelty of the invention and thus the inventing entity deserves the spoils all the more.