Jury says Samsung, Apple both infringed patents - The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 2, 2014 6:30 pm
San Jose, Calif. • A California jury awarded Apple $119 million  far less than it demanded  in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung&apos;s patents.
The jury found that Apple had infringed one of Samsung&apos;s patents in creating the iPhone 4 and 5. Jurors awarded Samsung $158,400, trimming that amount from the original $119.62 million verdict. Samsung had sought $6 million.
"Though this verdict is large by normal standards, it is hard to view this outcome as much of a victory for Apple," Santa Clara University law professor Brian Love said. "This amount is less than 10 percent of the amount Apple requested and probably doesn&apos;t surpass by too much the amount Apple spent litigating this case."
Unlike the first trial in San Jose federal court in 2012, Samsung lawyers made Google a central focus of their defense. Google makes the Android software that Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers use as their operating systems. Samsung argued that Google was Apple&apos;s real target.