1st world problems.New Damages Trial in Apple v. Samsung Set for November
1st world problems.New Damages Trial in Apple v. Samsung Set for November
I can't help but think that one day, all the money companies get from lawsuits will outweigh revenue from their products.
Apple's worst mistake was assembling a product in a country that is so corrupt that even its own patent office could be bought out from! They should just close up shop there and bring the company home and that they learn from there lessons.
For $1bn, I'd guess at 'Yes'
This new suit won't net Apple anywhere near $1 billion, assuming they win.
Hey, as long as the companies can multi-task and get out some new tech. They can sue each other until kingdom come.
Judge Koh has never claimed the amount was "excessive". She said there were problems with how it was calculated by the jury so they will have a new trial for a jury to re-calculate the damages regarding some of the devices. Koh also put back $40 million into the original judgment that was supposed to be part of this new trial.Well, they're not, and Judge Koh has already decided that the $1 billion was excessive.
Samsung is risking another billion. Good. Love them to get what the copycat deserves.
Is this why there are no new inventive products coming out ? The big boys are too busy suing each other ????
Get over it kids and get back tor releasing cool stuff already
This new suit won't net Apple anywhere near $1 billion, assuming they win. I'd say they'll be lucky to come out of the whole ordeal with over $200 million.
Given this second awards trial I would say the odds of an appeals court overturning or reducing the award is very small.Judge Lucy Koh had no choice but to issue a new trial for the damages. The jury worked on bad instructions in the original case and came up with an improper verdict. If she had let the last trial verdict stand, it would have been easily thrown out in Appeals Court and they would have admonished Judge Lucy Koh. She knew that very well and hence, here we are.
The trial will be held in mid Nov. 2013 and a verdict will come after Thanksgiving. With final judgement most likely in Jan. 2014. By that time we'll have the iPhone 5s, iPad5 and iPad Mini 2 well in the public with iOS7. Samsung will have the GS4, Note3, and a few flagship tablets available with Key Lime Pie (Android 5.0). Samsung will immediately appeal and seek relief by asking for the penalty to not be rewarded to Apple and remain in escrow. The Appeals Court will significantly reduce judgement or throw the entire case out. By this time we'll be in 2015 and there will be clear winners in the mobile computing market. Those winners will be Apple and Samsung. Sony, RIM, LG and HTC will have exited the market. Motorola and Nokia will be niche players and serve development devices only for Microsoft and Google.
The deepest circle of hell is reserved for Samsung and Android
Apple's worst mistake was assembling a product in a country that is so corrupt that even its own patent office could be bought out from! They should just close up shop there and bring the company home and that they learn from there lessons.
Given this second awards trial I would say the odds of an appeals court overturning or reducing the award is very small.
Judge Lucy Koh had no choice but to issue a new trial for the damages. The jury worked on bad instructions in the original case and came up with an improper verdict.
There should be a new trial in another state to make it a fair trial. But wait for the patent office to review the patents in question to insure they are legit or deemed worthless.
Apple's worst mistake was assembling a product in a country that is so corrupt that even its own patent office could be bought out from! They should just close up shop there and bring the company home and that they learn from there lessons.
You're paying for it.
Why is that?