Saturday 27 February 2016

Patent Wars – Appeals Court throws out $119.6 million of Apple wins



Credit: Cult of Mac

Adding salt to the wound, the court upheld a finding that Apple owes $158,400 in damages for infringing a Samsung patent on video compression.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-26/apple-loses-appeal-in-119-6-million-samsung-patent-case
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