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Apple Says Damages Ruling in Samsung Case Is Off by $85 Million

Apple thinks it may have found an $85 million error in the ruling that carved $450.5 million from the $1 billion in damages it won against Samsung last year. In a new filing in its patent infringement case against Samsung, Apple argues that two devices for which damages were vacated were actually rightfully subject to the original $1 billion verdict. It asks U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to reconsider her post-trial ruling and reinstate $85.3 million that a jury awarded it for patent violations related to Samsung’s Galaxy S II and Infuse 4G.

Judge in Apple-Samsung Case Cuts Damages, Orders New Trial on Some Products, Upholds $600 Million of Verdict

The judge says a new trial will be needed to determine damages on some products, voiding $450 million of the $1.05 billion verdict.
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Judge Says Samsung’s Infringement of Apple Patents Not Willful, Denies Bid for New Trial

Judge Lucy Koh found that the jury’s verdict could be supported by the evidence, but thwarted Apple’s bid to have the damages increased due to Samsung’s alleged wilfullness.
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Samsung Must Reveal Some Gadget Sales Data in Apple Suit

Another unfavorable ruling for Samsung.
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Apple to Samsung: Keep Galaxy S III Mini Out of the U.S. and We Won’t Sue

But we reserve the right to sue over it later, if we need to.
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Apple to Appeal Judge’s Decision Against Samsung Sales Ban

Apple said today it would appeal U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh’s decision against blocking sales of certain Samsung devices found to have infringed Apple patents in a trial that resulted in a billion-dollar verdict in Apple’s favor. Koh ruled that Apple failed to prove the infringing products significantly harmed iPhone sales.

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Kleiner Partners’ View of the Future of Tech

Venture capitalists John Doerr and Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have had a front-row seat at Silicon Valley’s recent Web froth and its fallout.

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Samsung Drops Injunction Applications Against Apple

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Tuesday it would drop its injunction applications against Apple Inc. in five European countries, in a major U-turn in a long-running patents war between the electronics giants.

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U.S. Judge Denies Apple Request for Ban on Samsung Devices

A U.S. judge on Monday denied Apple Inc.’s request for a ban on the sale of some Samsung Electronics Co. products in the U.S. market, tempering Apple’s sweeping win in a California court case this summer. The judge also denied Samsung’s request to seek a new trial.

The Only Thing Worse Than the Patent Wars You Are Reading About Are the Ones You Aren’t Reading About

Roughly three in five patent suits filed this year were done by a company whose sole business is pursuing such claims.
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Samsung: Settle With Apple? Hell, No!