Samsung copied Apple’s iPhone, iPad, jury rules


By on 10:30 AM

SAN FRANCISCO – A jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple more than $1 billion Friday after ruling the South Korean giant infringed on the US firm’s patents for a variety of smartphones and tablet computers, media reported.

The reports said the jury rejected Samsung’s counterclaims against Apple, in a big win for the Silicon Valley giant, which had claimed its iconic iPhone and iPad had been illegally copied.

The jury ruled Friday after a bitter trial that Samsung infringed on Apple patents for smartphones and tablets, media reported – a verdict that could have huge market repercussions.

The jury in San Jose, California, which had examined some 700 infringement claims by Apple and Samsung, ruled that the South Korean electronics giant infringed on a number of patents, said the technology websites Cnet and The Verge in live courtroom blogs.

Apple, which accused the South Korean electronics giant of copying the iPhone and iPad too closely, is seeking damages of up to $2.75 billion and an injunction that could knock some Samsung products off the US market.

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The jury was reading from a list of claims, and the decision on Samsung’s counterclaims of infringement on wireless patents by Apple was not immediately clear.

The verdict affects patents on a range of Samsung products including some of its popular Galaxy smartphones and its Galaxy 10 tablet, devices alleged to have been copied from the iPhone and iPad.