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Judge Lucy Koh orders Samsung to pay Apple $548 million for patent infringement

"U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California has entered a $548 million judgment for Apple Inc. in its smartphone "trial of the century" against Samsung," Scott Graham reports for The Recorder.

"Acting at the explicit direction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Koh ordered Samsung Electronics Co. to pay $548,176,477 for 18 Samsung mobile devices that infringe five Apple design and utility patents," Graham reports. "The order appears to create a virtual lock—absent certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court—that Apple will collect at least half of its landmark 2012 jury award. The decision came one day after the Federal Circuit endorsed a limited injunction on Samsung that loosens the eBay standard for competitor cases and will give Apple more bragging rights to smartphone innovation."

MacDailyNews Take: Apple doesn't need any more "bragging rights." Apple invented and defined the modern smartphone.

"Samsung said last week that the partial judgment is unauthorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and appealed Monday to the Federal Circuit. The company, which is being indemnified by its Android partner, Google, in the litigation also has until November to petition for Supreme Court review of the Federal Circuit's damages decision," Graham reports. "Meanwhile, Koh has set a week-long trial starting in March of next year to recalculate damages on five additional Samsung products that were found both to infringe Apple's patents and dilute its trade dress. Apple also plans to ask for supplemental damages and prejudgment interest for all 23 infringing products."

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Pony up, slavish copier. You should be paying at least 10X that, for all you lying, cheating bastages have stolen.

Yet, still, despite all the rampant theft, Apple has all of the good customers anyway: Apple's iPhone owns 92% of smartphone industry's profits

It's best not to mess with karma. — Steve Jobs

 Apple's products came first, then Samsung's:

Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy Tab Trade Dress Infringement

For good measure, here's what Google's Android looked like before and after Apple's iPhone:

Google Android before and after Apple iPhone

And, here's what cellphones looked like before and after Apple's iPhone:

cellphones before and after Apple iPhone

People who buy Android phones and tablets reward thieves.

SEE ALSO:Appellate court rules judge Lucy Koh abused right of discretion by allowing Samsung to sell phones that infringed Apple patents – September 18, 2015Serial copier Samsung slapped with permanent injunction for infringing Apple patents – September 17, 2015Samsung to petition Supreme Court to hear appeal in iPhone patent infringement case – August 19, 2015Samsung denied rehearing in appeal over Apple iPhone patent infringement – August 14, 2015Google, Facebook, Dell, HP, others take Samsung's side in Apple patent fight – July 21, 2015U.S. federal court rules anyone can copy the iPhone's design – May 18, 2015Up to 40 percent of Apple's $930 million verdict against Samsung must be reconsidered – May 18, 2015US appeals court reverses part of Apple's $930 million verdict vs. Samsung – May 18, 2015Before iPhone, Google's plan was a Java button phone, Android docs reveal – April 14, 2014How Google reacted when Steve Jobs revealed the revolutionary iPhone – December 19, 2013What phones looked like before and after Apple's revolutionary iPhone transformed the industry – February 8, 2012Apple to ITC: Android started at Apple while Andy Rubin worked for us – September 2, 2011


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