Apple's and Samsung 's patented patent litigation over eight years finally finished and the amount of damage is recognized as "over 58 billion yen"

The smartphone "Galaxy" sold by Samsung was found to infringe Apple 's "iPhone" design patent and the damage amounted to about 1 billion dollars (about 78 billion yen at the time) and 2011 Finally, the final loss amount was approved to be about 533 million dollars (about 58.4 billion yen) in the lawsuit that was calculated. For Apple, it is a form of judgment that was approved only about half from the original "1 billion dollar", but it is a result that can be said as "big victory" by being recognized the value of design.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-24/apple-wins-539-million-from-samsung-in-damages-retrial

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In the United States District Court for San Jose, California, the amount of damage suffered by Apple due to the infringement of the design patent by Samsung533,166,660 dollars(Approx. 58,435.5 million yen) was judged by the unanimous judgment of the jury.


In addition, it is also accredited that damage of 5,330,550 (5,8384,000 yen) caused by infringement of the patent on the function has been accredited, and for the case this time a total of 538,664,1656 dollars (about 59 billion Damage amount of 56.67 million yen) was certified.


2018-05-24 Apple Samsung Jury Verdict 5: 11-cv-01846-LHK
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Although the basis for judgment by the jury is not shown, the point to notice in this judgment is that not only the technical element but also the element "design" is evaluated in a technology-related litigation And that. Especially for Apple, which greatly sets the value of design as one of its product strategies, this decision seems to be valuable even if it is halved from the amount of loss originally claimed as "1 billion dollars".


In response to this decision, John Quinn, an agent on the Samsung side, complains that "this decision can not be considered based on evidence". In addition, Samsung said in a statement: "Today's decision is to ignore the judgment of the Supreme Court who acknowledged Samsung's claim of damage to the design patent.The Company will not impede the creativity and fair competition of all companies and consumers I will review all the options to get results, "he says, stating that he will not rule out further legislative measures.

One Apple has announced the following statement. "We strongly believe in the value of design and our team is working day and night to create innovative products that please our users.The case in this case is not consistent with money, Apple has ignited the smartphone revolution on the iPhone, but it is true that Samsung boldly copied our design, it is important to continue to keep the diligence and innovation of many people at Apple "