“The U.S. Court of Appeals has denied Samsung’s bid for a second re-hearing of the storied 2014 patent trial with apple, covering auto-correct, quick links, and slide-to-unlock, and is now on the hook for the $119.6 million ruling,” Mike Wuerthele reports for AppleInsider.
“The Court of Appeals made no comment on the refusal of the appeal effort by Samsung,” Wuerthele reports. “Samsung’s only venue for relief on the matter is the Supreme Court, should it decide to pursue that avenue.”
“A previous appeal filed by Samsung in January resulted in the verdict getting tossed in February, and found the patents either not obvious, or infringed,” Wuerthele reports. “On review, a full court ruled in an 8-3 vote in October to reaffirm the verdict, and the $119.6 million award.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Pay up, slavish copier!
The main reason why Samsung et al. were able to sell phones and tablets at all was because they made fake iPhones and fake iPads designed to fool the unwitting (who are now finally waking up in droves, by the way, and upgrading to iPhones in ever-increasing numbers) in much the same way as how Microsoft et al. profited wildly from upside-down and backwards fake Macs at the end of the 20th century. Google, Samsung, HTC, Xiaomi, et al. are the Microsofts, HPs, Dells, and eMachines of the new century.
Apple’s products came first, then Samsung’s:
Here’s what Google’s Android looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:
And, here’s what cellphones looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:
People who buy Android phones and tablets reward thieves.
SEE ALSO:
Apple wins appeal reinstating $119.6 million verdict against patent-infringer Samsung – October 7, 2016
Beleaguered Samsung struggles to put out the fires caused by their exploding phones – October 6, 2016
Dieter Rams, Norman Foster, and 100+ of the world’s top designers side with Apple in Samsung patent case – August 4, 2016
Apple to U.S. Supreme Court: Samsung stole our patents, should end its appeals and finally pay up – August 1, 2016
Obama nominates Lucy Koh for Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco – February 29, 2016
nail ’em to the wall.
GUILTY!
I’m doing my part, BOYCOTT SAMSUNG!!
If a person is not using Samsung products already, their boycotting would probably not make any difference.
FYI Apple is one of Samsung’s biggest customers.
Hmm. So the costs of the court case may be passed back to Apple then for future components. Or Apple product supply will be further delayed than it already is if Apple boycotts Samsung completely.
Besides C.C.’s comment seemed more at the consumer level so I replied accordingly.
Lindbergh flies the Atlantic…
Hillary (the ‘Edmond’ one) climbs Mt. Everest..
Samsung is convicted of stealing…
Really old news..
$119.6 is a paltry slap on the wrist!
Money is not important here! sends the message out – don’t copy
Exactly, the precedent has been set.
In fact, it did the opposite. All a company has to do is steal, then keep it in the courts for years while making billions, only to have to pay a small fine.
Agree. But I bet right now, with Samsung hemhorraging cash with the Note 7 recall, it will really hurt!
Penalty should be doubled every time they lose a case and quadrupled every time they split into separate organisational units.
Oldie but goodie:
I’m sitting here laughing at this whole situation. Samsung has to pay all that money for violating a bogus patent that got invalidated. Can’t make this sh!t up…!
Just don’t pay up with your exploding washing machines thinking it’s a fair trade to Apple, okay Samsung.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/04/news/companies/samsung-exploding-washing-machines/