FIVE WINNERS FROM APPLE’S BILLION-DOLLAR WIN

Twitter
LinkedIn
Facebook

Nine jurors in the Federal Court of the Northern District of Southern California handed Apple Inc. a big victory against Samsung Electronics Co. The jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages, found all seven of Apple’s patents valid, found Samsung infringed six of Apple’s patents, and found Apple to not infringe any of Samsung’s five patents.

There are five big winners from this verdict.

Apple

Apple is obviously the big winner. It is not the $1.05 billion damage award, but the ammunition that the verdict provides Apple to keep its competitors at bay.

The verdict will help Apple AAPL strengthen its brand, raise the cost for competitors, and make the moat around Apple products deeper and wider.

Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. MSFT is about to introduce Windows Phone 8 operating system. For details please see Microsoft and Nokia could pre-empt Apple .

Although Apple did not directly litigate against Google Inc. GOOG the real case was against Google Android. Now that it is clear that certain parts of Google Android infringe Apple’s patents, phone manufacturers are likely to be more receptive to Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system.

Nokia

Nokia Corp. NOK has tied its fortune to Microsoft Windows phone operating system. Nokia phones look and feel different than Apple iPhone. Nokia does not infringe Apple patents. The verdict gives Nokia a leg up on Android phones.

Research In Motion

Research In Motion RIMM has been left for dead. Now that Android is damaged goods, it opens up two potential opportunities for RIM. First, post-verdict RIM has become a more attractive takeover candidate than before the verdict….Read more at MarketWatch

Subscribe to 'Generate Wealth'

Free Forever

More To Explore

30 Day Free Trial

Cancel within 30 days and you owe nothing

When you take a FREE 30 day trial, you get access to powerful techniques used by billionaires and hedge funds to grow richer. You can continue to use these powerful techniques to grow richer even if you cancel your subscription. You come out ahead by subscribing no matter how you look at it.

AI is power hungry. Investors will make a fortune from nuclear power for AI.
Get the list of 12 nuclear power stocks to grab your share of the profits.

AI is power hungry. Investors will make a fortune from nuclear power for AI.

Get the list of 12 nuclear power stocks to grab your share of the profits.

Big Tech is investing billions

Making A Fortune
In Nuclear Energy

Golden Age of Nuclear Energy

Skip to content