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Apple Wants Another $707 Million From Samsung

Posted by timothy on from the as-do-we-all dept.

angry tapir writes "A California jury may have awarded Apple more than US$1 billion in damages in late August when it triumphed over Samsung in a hard-fought case over smartphone and tablet patents, but the iPhone maker is coming back for more: late last week it asked for additional damages of $707 million. The request includes an enhanced award of $535 million for willful violation of Apple's designs and patents, as well as about $172 million in supplemental damages based on the fact that the original damages were calculated on Samsung's sales through June 30."

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  1. Hard to like Apple any longer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry to all the Apple fanboys out there, but it becomes increasingly hard to feel any sympathies for Apple. Seems that Apple's fame is slowly declining...

    1. Re:Hard to like Apple any longer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yup, I share your sentiment. Apple is increasingly becoming a downright scary company, Perhaps *all* their staff should watch those "think different" ads again. The company seems to be almost aiming for a Big Brother badge these days.

  2. I am but a small cog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But hope that my action of replacing my broken 2007 MacBook Pro (yes, the Nvidia chip and out of warranty) with a PC will help send a message to Apple.

    No more Apple devices in my home.

  3. Not so funny anymore by Damouze · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about the millions of damages for the idea of a tablet computer, posthumously, to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke?

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  4. Re:Squeezed for cash? by Nerdfest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is what happens when you give into a terrorist's demands. You get more demands, closely followed by more terrorists. Blame it on the patent system all you want, it existed for a long time without companies behaving like Apple.

  5. Re:Obligatory Ice-T by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why shouldn't we hate the players? The players spend millions upon millions lobbying to change the rules of the game in their favor, often at the expensive of innovation.

    I know it's fun to mindlessly spout clíchés, but they're not always true.

  6. Try to keep up ... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bullshit. I am not saying that the Patent dispute is valid. What I am saying is that Apple makes hardware and software and sells it. It is not correct to say that defending their patents is how they make their money. What you are thinking of is a patent troll. You cannot expect any company to ignore patent violations, and you cannot fault any company for refusing to ignore them. Unless that company is a patent troll, any claim that they make their money through patent lawsuits is ridiculous. Apple makes their money by designing and selling computer systems.

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  7. Re:Squeezed for cash? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In this story alone we have posts claiming settlement money is needed to keep Apple afloat and Apple are terrorists.

    That's just silly. Everyone knows that Apple's just trying to make sure they don't have to compete.

    Competition is a pesky thing when you're on top. It's sort of the consumer electronics equivalent of the 1927 Yankees having the entire Philadelphia Athletics team killed on the way to the ball-park.

    I mean, you're already 19 games ahead, but a little insurance is always good. And ultimately, it's not about winning, it's about humiliating the competition and making sure you win forever without having to try so hard.

    It makes me understand why not everyone is comfortable having a businessman as president.

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