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Intellectual Property

Aug. 28, 2012

Jury awards $1 billion to Apple against Samsung in patent trial

In a dramatic win that could reshape the mobile device industry, a federal jury awarded Apple Inc. just over $1 billion in damages for patent and trade dress infringment from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN JOSE - In a dramatic win that could reshape the mobile device industry, a federal jury awarded Apple Inc. just over $1 billion in damages for patent and trade dress infringment from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.


The nine-member jury concluded Friday that most of the infringement by South Korea-based Samsung of Apple's design and utility patents in its smartphones and tablet computers was wil...

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