Nine jurors delivered a sweeping victory to Apple Inc. in a high-stakes court battle against Samsung Electronics Co., awarding the Silicon Valley company $1.05 billion in damages and providing ammunition for more legal attacks on its mobile-device rivals.
Jurors Friday found that Samsung infringed all but one of the seven patents at issue in the case—a patent covering the physical design of the iPad. They found all seven of Apple's patents valid—despite Samsung's attempts to have them thrown out. They also decided Apple didn't violate any of the five patents Samsung asserted in the case.
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This really, really sucks for Samsung. I love them, and HATE Apple with a BLINDING RAGE... oh... and of course the company that can't come up with something that's actually innovative instead of just telling you it's innovative decides that it's illegal of you to create a phone that's almost identical to mine because you're competing with me and want to offer similar products that will feel somewhat similar to the old clunky Apple that's rotting in your pocket.
GOD I HATE APPLE.
