Jury Finds Apple and Samsung Infringed Each Other's Patents

Posted by timothy on Friday May 2, 2014 @10:58PM from the shouldn't-it-come-out-in-the-wash? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A U.S. jury concluded Friday that Samsung had infringed on two of Apple's patents and that Apple had infringed on one of Samsung's patents. Prior to the trial, the judge had ruled that Samsung had infringed on one other Apple patent. Samsung will receive $158,400 in damages, although they had requested just over $6 million. Apple will receive $119.6 million in damages, although they had requested just over $2 billion and a ban on certain Samsung phones. Some say that a sales ban is unlikely to be approved by the judge. The jury is scheduled to return on Monday to resolve what appears to be a technical mistake in their verdict on one of the patents, and Apple may gain a few hundred thousand dollars in their damages award as a result."

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Apple's patents "click on a link" by Anonymous Coward · 2014-05-03 03:06 · Score: 4, Informative
The NY Times has a summary of the 6 patents involved.
They are:
1. Click on an underlined phone number to dial the number
2. Search your phone for stuff
3. Do two tasks at one time
4. Slide to unlock
5. Compress data to minimize transmission time
6. Put your photos into one location
Which of those 6 patents covers a non-obvious idea?