FIVE WINNERS FROM APPLE’S BILLION-DOLLAR WIN
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