Apple has been suing Samsung over the past year. The judgement is finally in and the jury has found Samsung Guilty on nearly all counts. Fining them nearly 2.5 billion dollars.
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Apple has been suing Samsung over the past year. The judgement is finally in and the jury has found Samsung Guilty on nearly all counts. Fining them nearly 2.5 billion dollars.
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Among the patents upheld are included patents for having a Black Screen on a Mobile Device, Patents on horizontal speakers molded into a device, patents on rounded corners used on a mobile device, patents on a rectangular form on a mobile device, patents on using touch to zoom, touch to scroll, and tap to zoom in any touchscreen interface.
They also fined Samsung over 2 Billion dollars. The largest reward in the history of a lawsuit bar none.
The ramifications of this ruling are large and impact many companies.
Essentially Apple who holds a monopoly on these patents within the market will likely sue every single other cellphone producing company out of business.
Samsung will likely withdraw from the US Market all together, and lean on their Government; which is strongly connected to Samsung, the nations largest technological manufacturer.
This may result in a breakdown in trade between the United States and South Korea or South Korea kicking US Troops out of Korea.
It's far too certain to tell but we must welcome our new Apple overlords. They now have the entirety of the tech market in the palm of their hands and have basically been gifted a monopoly over the entirety of US Cellphone sales.
Congratulations Apple!