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Apple continues to fight Samsung (in court)

05-04-2014 • Free Press Publications

Apple, which has a plurality share of the smartphone market, has once again taken Samsung to court for supposed theft. Apple sought over $2 billion in damages for patent infringement. CNET reports, “The jury found all of Samsung’s accused gadgets infringed Apple’s ‘quick links’ patent but that none infringed the ‘universal search’ patent or the ‘background sync’ patent. Results were mixed for the ‘slide to unlock’ patent, with some Samsung devices, such as the Galaxy Nexus, found to infringe [on the patent], and others found not to [infringe on the patent]… The jury awarded Apple only $119.6 million for Samsung’s infringement.” Samsung was then awarded $158,400 by the jury because Apple was found to have violated their patent for photo and video organization in folders.