Apple Vs Samsung

A U.S. jury decided that Samsung must pay Apple more than $ 1,000 million in damages, over a dispute of intellectual property; while Samsung rejected claims that several of its patents had been raped.

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The battle of the smartphones

The verdict will have enormous ramifications for phones and tablets, not to mention how businesses use the intellectual property and patents.

On what was the judgment?

The two companies together account for more than half of all smartphone sales worldwide.

Tech firms accused each other of intellectual property infringement.

Despite the fact that Apple buys many of its components to Samsung, the two companies failed to cross-licensing agreements, even after the courts forced their leaders to meet for talks.

The case was prompted by a lawsuit filed by Apple in April last year, followed by Samsung's counterclaim.

Both actions were combined into one trial, which began less than a month ago.

What did Apple?

Apple said that Samsung copied the design of the iPhone, the jury agreed.

The iPhone maker claimed a total of U.S. $ 2,500 million in damages, but the judge could triple that figure if Samsung decides to punish misconduct.

Apple argued that the victim of seven patent infringement, and other commercial violations.

The company claims that among these include copies of their designs to the bodies of the original iPhone and the iPad, and user interface elements, such as the rebound response when a person moves down past the end of a list, and tap to enlarge.

In closing arguments Tuesday, Apple attorney Harold McElhinny, told jurors that Samsung had used a shortcut in the design of their product.

"In those three critical months, Samsung was able to copy and incorporate the result of Apple's investment of four years of hard work and ingenuity, without taking any risks," McElhinny said, referring to the time spent working on Samsung phones by a South Korean designer testified at trial.

What did you say Samsung?

In turn, Samsung claimed a "reasonable royalty rate" for holding five patents that Apple violated.

Two of these relate to the ability of cell phones to use third generation technology (3G). They are called essential patent rules, and that innovations are needed to offer a feature known as an industry standard, which should therefore be subject to supply and licensed "fair and reasonable terms."

The South Korean firm said Apple refused to license its original proposal, never made a counteroffer "and to date has not paid a penny to Samsung".

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