Sunday, September 23, 2012

Apple to Judge: More Damages Please Sir




Apple asked a judge to award an extra $535 million in its U.S. patent case with Samsung Electronics Co.  in addition to its requested permanent injunction against sales of Samsung’s infringing products, those good folks at Bloomberg told us.

Cupertino, California-based Apple sued Samsung in April 2011, and Samsung countersued as part of a battle being waged on four continents over a smartphone market valued by Bloomberg Industries at $219.1 billion. The companies have also sued each other in the U.K., Australia and South Korea.  In August, Apple won a jury verdict of more than $1.05 billion against Samsung after a finding that Samsung infringed six of seven patents for the mobile devices.

Apple is requesting an enhancement of $135 million under the Patent Act and $400 million under the Lanham Act, for a combined total of $535 million, compared with $268 million from the verdict under both statutes, court papers show….

Read all about it at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-22/apple-asks-judge-for-more-damages-in-patent-case-with-samsung.html

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