and a good bet to get her own reality TV show in the future -- sent out a clear message by granting Apple pre-trial sales bans on a number of Samsung Galaxy products. In other words, the jury's more hesitant members had a precedent to refer to when making their decision - the legal expert had already effectively gone on the record as being convinced by Apple's case. Samsung certainly didn't help itself by cozying up to the press , or skulking around the courtroom after hours, but realistically, Tim Cook could have bust out the bubbly over a month ago. In fairness, Samsung's legal team must have known that they weren't going to get off scot-free. But the Korean firm, like many of us, probably envisaged a more balanced endgame: it would come good on a couple of its claims to help offset Apple's inevitable victories. Both sides would emerge tainted in some way and, while sizeable chunks of money would change hands, the pursuit of sales bans would likely fall by the wayside. Yet it turned out to be exactly the kind of thumping victory that Apple wanted, a triumph so lopsided that the Cupertino-based firm can now look to have Samsung products jettisoned from shelves willy-nilly and target even more Samsung products as, indeed, it is now doing with the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note devices. The irony of the ruling is particularly acute given the Californian setting: in a few weeks, you'll be able to buy