“No damages – come on, thats a lose to Apple for sure.”

Have you read the Steve Jobs biography? He said that he didn’t want money … he wants other companies to stop selling products that copy Apple’s ideas.

So an injunction, which is still a live issue, would be exactly what Steve wanted.  An award that allows Samsung to continue selling products (such as a forced licensing fee would do) would NOt be a win from Steve’s perspective.

If you knew anything about Judge Posner, you would know how ridiculous you sound.

As Forrest Gump’s mama says, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
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Plus, it will be decided by a judge not a jury. To many idiots in one room trying to decide on something. Hell, I can’t even get three people in one house to come to a decision on trivial things like food for god sakes.

Here you have an American product, with America patents, being tired in the courts of America and Apple is losing to all who are involved with Android. Samsung, Motorola and Google keep winning in small strides. I fear Apple is done in the court room.

If Apple ever wins a major trial (and I don’t mean against a company or product that sells negligible numbers and loses money) then I’ll happily eat my words. Until then, cheaters and thieves continue to prosper.

If Posner intended to do nothing along the lines of equitable relief, then without credible damages, he’d have thrown out the whole thing and it would be over. That’s not what he did. He threw out the claims of palpable, provable damages, but kept the lawsuit in play. That says to me that he has equitable relief (injunctive relief) in mind. We will see.

Its possible google has put together a solid legal team but I think its too early to tell.