Winning Apple in court will not prevent the development of Android
Immediately after the verdict in the case of Apple vs Samsung, the plaintiff and the defendant published their opinions on the jury's decision. But one company remained suspiciously quiet until today, although this is directly related to it. Just today, Google sent an official comment :
Independent analysts from the Piper Jaffray agency also do not see any threat to Android from future lawsuits and do not change their previous forecast for sales of mobile devices for the next four years.
Some lawyers have an Apple vs. Apple case. Samsung seems strange . First of all, they are surprised that the verdict was passed so quickly, given the complexity of the case. Secondly, they are puzzled by the mistakes that the jury made in drawing up the indictment. The jury delivered a total fine of $ 1,051,855,000, including for infringing patents in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE device - $ 219,694 and for infringing patents in the Intercept device - $ 2,291,766. At the same time, another part of the conviction stated that these devices do not infringe any Apple patents. Samsung representatives noticed a mistake and asked to review the list.
Original Verdict Version (pdf)
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After corrections, the list of fines on devices decreased from $ 1,051,855,000 to $ 1,049,343,540 and acquired the final look.
In this regard, the question arises, is there even a fundamental basis for a conviction in calculating the amount of the fine? According to the lawyer Groklaw, taking into account the above, there is a high probability that the sentence will be revised.
One of the jurors has already commented on the verdict in an interview with Reuters. He said that the entire panel of nine people after the first day of the hearing agreed that Samsung infringes the patents of Apple. Chairman Velvin Hogan, who himself has several patents himself (for example, here’s one of the methods and apparatus for recording and storing video information), was particularly well versed in the subject.
Some controversy arose about the patent for zooming with two fingers, whether there is evidence of earlier implementations of the technology, but after the dispute, it was decided to postpone this patent in order to move on. For the rest of the patents was easier. When everyone agreed that the interface nest design violates the patent, members of the board slowly considered each Samsung device and determined whether there is such a nest or not, and so on.
Samsung disagreed with the jury’s decision and appealed to the judge to cancel it , because this decision “hinders innovation and limits the users’ freedom to make a conscious choice. ” Within two weeks, the judge will decide on this issue. Samsung's leading lawyer is confident that the judge or appellate court will cancel the jury's verdict.
“The Court of Appeal will verify the facts of violations and the substantiation of patent claims. Most of them do not belong to the core of the Android operating system, and some patents are already being reviewed by the US Patent Office. The mobile phone market is developing rapidly, and all players - including beginners - use ideas that have accumulated for decades. We are working with partners to provide users with innovative and affordable products, and we don’t want anything to limit this process. ”
Independent analysts from the Piper Jaffray agency also do not see any threat to Android from future lawsuits and do not change their previous forecast for sales of mobile devices for the next four years.
Some lawyers have an Apple vs. Apple case. Samsung seems strange . First of all, they are surprised that the verdict was passed so quickly, given the complexity of the case. Secondly, they are puzzled by the mistakes that the jury made in drawing up the indictment. The jury delivered a total fine of $ 1,051,855,000, including for infringing patents in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE device - $ 219,694 and for infringing patents in the Intercept device - $ 2,291,766. At the same time, another part of the conviction stated that these devices do not infringe any Apple patents. Samsung representatives noticed a mistake and asked to review the list.
Original Verdict Version (pdf)
')
After corrections, the list of fines on devices decreased from $ 1,051,855,000 to $ 1,049,343,540 and acquired the final look.
In this regard, the question arises, is there even a fundamental basis for a conviction in calculating the amount of the fine? According to the lawyer Groklaw, taking into account the above, there is a high probability that the sentence will be revised.
One of the jurors has already commented on the verdict in an interview with Reuters. He said that the entire panel of nine people after the first day of the hearing agreed that Samsung infringes the patents of Apple. Chairman Velvin Hogan, who himself has several patents himself (for example, here’s one of the methods and apparatus for recording and storing video information), was particularly well versed in the subject.
Some controversy arose about the patent for zooming with two fingers, whether there is evidence of earlier implementations of the technology, but after the dispute, it was decided to postpone this patent in order to move on. For the rest of the patents was easier. When everyone agreed that the interface nest design violates the patent, members of the board slowly considered each Samsung device and determined whether there is such a nest or not, and so on.
Samsung disagreed with the jury’s decision and appealed to the judge to cancel it , because this decision “hinders innovation and limits the users’ freedom to make a conscious choice. ” Within two weeks, the judge will decide on this issue. Samsung's leading lawyer is confident that the judge or appellate court will cancel the jury's verdict.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/150279/
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