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The Apple v. Samsung saga continues:
The Apple v. Samsung lawsuit is getting a big "reset," thanks to last year's Supreme Court ruling on design patents. The long-running litigation rollercoaster has included so many turns it's hard to keep track. The case was filed in 2011 and went to a 2012 jury trial, which resulted in a blockbuster verdict of more than $1 billion. Post-trial damage motions whittled that down, and then there was a 2013 damages re-trial in front of a separate jury. An appeals court kicked out trademark-related damages altogether.
Meanwhile, a whole separate case moved forward in which Apple sued over a new generation of Samsung products. That lawsuit went to a jury trial in 2014 and resulted in a $120 million verdict, far less than the $2 billion Apple was seeking. That verdict was thrown out on appeal, then reinstated on a subsequent appeal. So that one appears to stand.
But back to that first case. After a lot of back and forth, Samsung agreed to make a payment of $548 million, but the Korean giant didn't give up its right to appeal. In a landmark case over design patents, the US Supreme Court said that the damages had been done all wrong—but the justices gave little guidance as to how they should be done. The high court threw out $399 million of the damages Apple had won.
New trial order (PDF).
Also at CNET.
(Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday October 26 2017, @08:46PM (1 child)
When a patent application first arrives at the USPTO, it must be processed. A patent examiner carefully places the patent into a room full of other patent applications. Then into the room is released a large number of kittens with PATENT GRANTED stamps affixed to their feet. Then the kittens are lured back into their cages to await the next round of patent examination. Other patent clerks carefully collect all of the patent applications and determine which patents have been granted.
Hope that is helpful.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday October 27 2017, @12:27AM
Once upon a time, we could rely on the laziness of that old cat who really liked her nap more than stepping on those crinkly papers. Patent examiners even had time to re-invent physics back then.
"The modern era" was born that day she accidentally stepped on "Method to dispense caffeinated drinks to felines".