The jury in the US Apple-Samsung patent infringement trial ruled on Friday that the Korean tech giant has infringed a number of Apple patents, and as a result has been ordered to pay the Cupertino company just over $1 billion in damages.
Samsung called the verdict “a loss for the America consumer” while Apple said it applauded the court for “sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn’t right.”
Read the statements in full below:
Samsung:
Today’s verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies. Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple’s claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer.
Apple:
We are grateful to the jury for their service and for investing the time to listen to our story and we were thrilled to be able to finally tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trial showed that Samsung’s copying went far deeper than even we knew. The lawsuits between Apple and Samsung were about much more than patents or money. They were about values. At Apple, we value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. We make these products to delight our customers, not for our competitors to flagrantly copy. We applaud the court for finding Samsung’s behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn’t right.
For more information on the outcome of the trial, head over to here. And to find out what the verdict might mean for Android, check out Geoff Duncan’s piece here.
You know another loss for the American consumer? Not being able to buy those knock-off fake designer purses from the guys on the sidewalk on Fifth Avenue. That is a real loss, my friends. Those babies were seriously inexpensive.
I’ve been a supporter of Apple, but this really stinks. There may have been something lawfully wrong on Samsung’s part, but I don’t like the direction Apple is going. They have been sitting on past successes and not really improving their products while Samsung has been doing the innovating. The Galaxy S3 is the best phone on the market and it will undoudebtly push other producers to step up their efforts.
Samsung , a Korean company stills from an American company and you think that’s okay? How would like to spend four years developing something special and four months later you see your product with a different name on it? I will never buy anything that Samsung makes. Samsung tried to take a bite out of Apple and Apple bit back. Finally some justice! Read Steve Jobs book and you’ll understand.
Agreed
You know another loss for the American consumer? Not being able to buy those knock-off fake designer purses from the guys on the sidewalk on Fifth Avenue. That is a real loss, my friends. Those babies were seriously inexpensive.
Patent fights – stalling progress on the technology field every day. I say the judges should just starting out every patent fight claim made by a mufti-million dollar company. It’s all so petty.
Patent fights – stalling progress on the technology field every day. I say the judges should just starting out every patent fight claim made by a mufti-million dollar company. It’s all so petty.
Michael Greaney: bull
Like this picture!
It seems that Samsung pays Apple after Apple’s blow job!
I’m reading this on an iPad while texting on a samsung galaxy. All corporations steal, there are no new ideas just improvements on old ones.
Don’t steal and we won’t lose.
iPad and iPhones are made in China at the Foxconn factory not USA. I have an iPad and i’m not that impressed with it. If you can’t beat Samsung you may as well sue them I guess instead of stepping up your game to make your products better.
Crapple!!!
Apple sucks I’ll never ever buy or use any I device Jobs was a crook the whole company sucks they stole from Microsoft
Apple invents it, Apple sales it, Copying something is not being inventive, it’s called theft! Apple Rocks! End of story! Now fire sale your crap and go back to where you come from! Made in the U.S.A. Means something to me!