Apple Analysts Call Verdict An Important Victory in 'Thermonuclear War' With Google

 A jury in federal court gave Apple an important victory in its ‘thermonuclear war’ against Google and its Android mobile operating system when it upheld seven key design and utility patents around Apple’s top-selling iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet, Apple analysts told Forbes..

More than a year after challenging Samsung Electronic Co. with “copying” the designs of the iPhone and iPad, Apple won over a nine-member jury last week, which awarded it $1.05 billion in damages and found that Apple’s seven design and utility patents were valid and that Samsung had infringed six of them.

“Apple’s victory is part of Apple’s ‘thermonuclear war’ on Android, said Brian White of Topeka Capital. “We expect this verdict to have some impact on the growth of the Android ecosystem.”  He’s not the only one. Analysts overall called this a setback – though a temporary one – one Google and Android as devices makers work to tweak their devices to avoid infringing on Apple’s patents. They argue that mobile OS makers including Microsoft may benefit as a result….

More?  Check out http://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2012/08/27/apple-analysts-call-verdict-an-important-victory-in-thermonuclear-war-with-google-android/