Samsung Ordered to Pay Apple $539 Million in iPhone Design Patent Retrial

[B4U]

Update: Samsung also gave a statement on the verdict: "Today's decision flies in the face of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in favor of Samsung on the scope of design patent damages. We will consider all options to obtain an outcome that does not hinder creativity."

Did I read this part correctly?
Samsung thinks the ruling was in favor of them?
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Sam-sung should halt the production of their screens to Apple.

And that is a sure fire way to lose more money immediately.

 

[DNichter]

Good, let’s hope the case dies. At the time, Samsung was pretty blatant in copying Apples design and software. They weren’t the only ones, but they profited the most off of Apple.

 

[Cloudkicker]

Nothing like ignoring prior art in these ‘only in America’ cases..

http://phonedb.net/index.php?m=device&id=1804&c=bluebird_pidion_bm-200

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No doubt Samsung will appeal and around it goes again.

If Apple wants to be d*cks about it, then they should take out copy & paste, changing the wallpaper, etc. Original iPhone sure didn't have it. lol

https://www.t3.com/features/remember-this-heres-everything-that-the-first-iphone-couldnt-do

 

[tooltalk]

Good, let’s hope the case dies. At the time, Samsung was pretty blatant in copying Apples design and software. They weren’t the only ones, but they profited the most off of Apple.

Well, this is just the beginning. I could only imagine what future patent trolls with absurd design patents might look like. And Apple won't be immune from this either. If u think 500M is a lot, try 3 or 4 Bilkions

 

[oyabroch!]

ROTFL! Ah well, they sowed the seeds...

 

[-BigMac-]

$539 million lol please

Should be 50% value of Samsungs Smartphone revenue SINCE the copying happened.

If Samsung hadnt copied at that crucial smartphone age, it might not be the powerhouse it is now.

Id like to see what size Samsung mobile division would be, without piggy backing off Apple for years.

 

[Mirice99]

$539 million lol please

Should be 50% value of Samsungs Smartphone revenue SINCE the copying happened.

If Samsung hadnt copied at that crucial smartphone age, it might not be the powerhouse it is now.

Id like to see what size Samsung mobile division would be, without piggy backing off Apple for years.

Same thing could be said about Apple and all the patents they stole from VirneTx.

 

[SoN1NjA]

I’ve never seen that, so I really appreciate you linking that, that kind of interface and input must have been revolutionary for the time

Wonder what that guy thinks now that it’s taken over

 

[KnighsTalker]

Ben Lovejoy from 9to5Mac wrote, "Change My View: Apple will lose the patent trial, as it should." (https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/21/apple-samsung-patent-trial-verdict/)

Ha Ha, they didn't!

 

[Iconoclysm]

Samsung likes to copy Apple... however, they are still smart enough not to copy Siri...

Uhh, Bixby?

 

[EdT]

Sometime in the next 50 years a baby will be born who will see the final chapter of this lawsuit. The baby will be in their 90's when that happens.

 

[mi7chy]

Apple copied the PalmPilot and Compaq iPaq.

Sad thing is most people on here are too young to have ever touched or heard of one. I had a Compaq iPaq with a 3G data/voice compact flash card so it was the forefather to smartphones/phablets.

 

[mpavilion]

I remember back in the day picking up a colleagues Samsung Galaxy (I think that’s the model it was) and thinking it was an iPhone 3G, even being amazed how similar the icon layout was. To say they didn’t copy any of it is a bit of a lie.

They’re not saying they didn’t copy of any of it; just that they should only have to pay damages based on the things they copied.

 

[CPx]

Dear Samsung, pay the **** up and stop wasting US court time. You launched a successful phone business--mission accomplished.

 

[kis]

Oh my, this is about the iPhone 3GS Let's do a fundraiser and help Samsung out, so they don't feel the need to appeal yet again and make us read about this BS another year. Apart from that, how many times has Apple stolen ideas from other apps, Android features etc? I'll give it to them that they came up with rounded edges.

 

[C DM]

Shock horror, biased California jury sides with California company against foreigners. Is this supposed to be justice?

Yup, the extreme interpretation is the only possible and plausible one.

 

[borgranta]

It is funny that Samsung appealed only to be forced to pay more.

 

[dwaite]

Pay it and end this circus. Can't believe Apple got away with owning rounded corners.

Design Patent not Utility Patent. Look it up.

 

[Steve686]

So with all,of the lawsuits back and forth between Apple and Samsung, what is the net gain for either company. Apple is plus $63.74?

 

[usarioclave]

Samsung is deliberately misrepresenting the Supreme Court decision in its press release. The SC ruled that there was nothing that said that the damages award should be based on the whole potato, and that the jury should decide if damages were to be based on Samsung's minimal potato (tiny part) criteria or Apple's maximum (whole value) potato criteria.

Well, the jury has spoken on that now too. The answer is both, depending on the importance of the patent in question.

 

[Mildredop]

Samsung likes to copy Apple... however, they are still smart enough not to copy Siri...

Most people with iPhones seem to use Siri for the odd task.

Most people with Samsung phones simply switch off Bixby.

 

[apolloa]

Sad thing is most people on here are too young to have ever touched or heard of one. I had a Compaq iPaq with a 3G data/voice compact flash card so it was the forefather to smartphones/phablets.

Some people on here and in general actually think Apple invented the mobile phone, smartphone, App Store idea etc etc.. because they are too young or were closed off to what existed before.
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Pay it and end this circus. Can't believe Apple got away with owning rounded corners.

Only in America though. Apple lost the majority of its international cases.
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To be fair, that isn't in the same realm of similarities (and changes in design) when compared to what's actually part of the case.

So the Apple patent used in the case, a oblong Face with round corners and black colour, is valid to in your mind? Because that is the patent Apple has..... they literally own round corners on oblong phone faces with black fronts. And only won with this ridiculous patent in the US.
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Nope. It's over. Guaranteed.

We can only hope... but I’d rather it wasn’t as it sets a dangerous example. The interface is one thing, round corners however are another!

 

[Radon87000]

Samsung will just appeal once again. Round and round she goes.....

 

[mrsir2009]

It's a wonder it's worth it with all the money they must spend on legal fees, over a phone that stopped being sold in 2011...

 

[peterdevries]

Pretty much the results I thought would happen. Apple wanted 1 billion and Samsung wanted 28 million, so I thought they would average it out and come up with a $500 million award.

Yeah, that is really how it works. /s