The jury in the “tech trial of the century” has ruled that Samsung has infringed on a number of Apple’ core patents, including one for “bounce back” technology. Worse for Samsung, the jury has also found that the infringement was intentional which likely led it to order the Korean company to pay $ 1.05 billion in total damages.
The jury’s award was based on products like Samsung’s Galaxy tablet and assorted phones violating Apple’s patents.
Apple’s case is based on claims that Samsung “slavishly copied” its popular iPhone and iPad.
The jury also found that the patents are not invalid — which would have protected Samsung.
The news for Samsung went from bad to worse as the jury found that Apple did not owe any damages related to its alleged infringement of Samsung’s patents.
The news came down after the jury unexpectedly announced that it had reached a verdict in the complicated intellectual property case.
More soon.
