Victory For Apple In "Patent Trial of the Century," To the Tune of $1 Billion 1184
pdabbadabba writes "The jury is in in the epic patent dispute between Apple and Samsung and Apple appears to be coming out on top. The court is still going through the 700+ items on the verdict form, but things seem to be going Apple's way so far. In the case of Apple's various UI patents, the jury is consistently ruling that Samsung not only violated Apple's patent, but did so willfully." Reader bob zee also points to the AP's story, as carried by Breitbart.com, and Charliemopps adds Reuters' take. Reader Samalie contributes a link to a live blog of the (at this writing) ongoing recitation of the verdict. Whether you like it or not, even this verdict won't be the last word.
poop. (Score:5, Funny)
I guess I better get ready to pony up to Apple for those brownies with rounded, beveled edges I made last night.
sigh. :-(
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:4, Funny)
Not true. We, the spectators get a free show. That's worth something, isn't it?
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:5, Funny)
You don't know the lawyers I know.
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:4, Funny)
Are you trying to say that the lawyer fees will be a billion dollars?
You're right- the lawyers will charge 2 billion dollars.
AAPL (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Don't call it that, seriously. (Score:5, Funny)
A triPhone? That sounds close enough, so they'd still get sued.
Re:poop. (Score:5, Funny)
Only if you make phone calls on them, in which case the legality of the ingredients might be more of a problem...
Re:Sweet! (Score:4, Funny)
Toally agree. It's stupid to think that having competition is good. Clearly, the only smartphone that is allowed to exist is the iPhone. Everything else is a rip-off because it has icons and is rectangular.
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:5, Funny)
I believe typically the fees include your very soul, the souls of your children and significant others, your very hopes, dreams and aspirations, with an airtight guarantee of a certain % of all future occurrences of personal satisfaction. I believe that is fairly typical; some lawyers charge more. It varies.
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:2, Funny)
>>> In the case of Apple's various UI patents,
Did anyone else mistake (honestly and as it ought to be) he above fragment as
In the case of Apple's vicious UI patents,
Re:I feel like crying. (Score:2, Funny)
Really? Then why is Samsung the butt of the joke [teamcoco.com] on shows like Conan?
Re:Sweet! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Only 22 hours of deliberations (Score:5, Funny)
because corporations are people and deserve to be tried by a jury of their peers?
Re:Only 22 hours of deliberations (Score:5, Funny)
But the one iPhone guy was probably very fanatical about it.
Re:Only 22 hours of deliberations (Score:5, Funny)
And the two Android guys wouldn't stop talking about how fanatical the iPhone guy was.
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:5, Funny)
Thats funny. My office of 5000+ is about to buy iPhones for 20% of them to replace aging Blackberry phones. With that they have already purchased mass provisioning and corporate app distribution capabilities.
Guess personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture of the landscape.
We really only have your personal anecdote to back up the assertion that personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture.
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:5, Funny)
But in this case the fees include your seoul.
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:5, Funny)
They could hire some Linux guys, they love reinventing the wheel (again and again and ...)
Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score:5, Funny)
We really only have your personal anecdote to back up the assertion that personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture.
My Gran used 40 personal anecdotes a day, and she lived to be 97...
Re:it's nokia that should sue samsung (Score:5, Funny)
You realise Apple patented these things in the 2000s, a few hundred years before DS9?