Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

  1. June 29, 2018

    4 Ways The Apple-Samsung Case Shaped Patent Law

    Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have reached a settlement in their epic smartphone patent feud, but several rulings during the seven-year dispute will have a lasting legacy. Here's a look back at some key decisions in the case and their influence on patent law.

  2. June 27, 2018

    Apple, Samsung Settle Long-Running Patent War

    Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reached a settlement Wednesday in their hotly contested smartphone patent dispute, closing the book on the seven-year case one month after a California jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $538.6 million in damages.

  3. June 08, 2018

    Samsung Wants $539M Apple Verdict Tossed, $145M Refund

    Two weeks after a California federal jury ruled that Samsung must pay Apple $539 million for infringing its smartphone patents, Samsung asked the court on Thursday to grant it judgment as a matter of law or hold a new trial, and reimburse it $145 million for damages it paid Apple on an invalid touch-screen patent.

  4. May 30, 2018

    Design Patent Damages Still Murky After $539M Apple Verdict

    The damages retrial between Apple and Samsung had observers hoping for guidance on how much owners of design patents can win in damages following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but Apple's $539 million victory makes that issue possibly even less clear, attorneys say.

  5. May 24, 2018

    Samsung Owes Apple $539M For Infringing IP, Jury Finds

    A unanimous eight-member California federal jury held Thursday that Samsung owes Apple Inc. $538.6 million for infringing design and utility patents covering smartphone technology in a landmark patent case that made it all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  6. May 18, 2018

    Fate Of Apple's $1B IP Fight With Samsung In Jury's Hands

    Following closing arguments Friday, the five women and three men of a California federal jury filed out of a San Jose courthouse for a weekend break with a billion-dollar question hanging in the air: How much in damages must Samsung pay Apple for infringing its smartphone design and utility patents?

  7. May 17, 2018

    Judge Probes Quinn Attys On 'Games' In Apple-Samsung Trial

    U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Thursday ordered Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Samsung to provide the flight itinerary and boarding pass of a witness they suddenly dropped after Apple rested its case in a billion-dollar California patent damages trial, saying she wants to see if they're "playing games." A trial between Apple and Samsung played out all week in a San Jose courtroom, closing Friday. Here's one of our top-read stories on the proceedings from this week.

  8. May 16, 2018

    Quinn Atty's Query In $1B Apple Trial 'Improper,' Judge Says

    U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh threatened Wednesday to admonish Samsung's counsel from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in front of a jury deciding how much Samsung owes for infringing Apple smartphone patents, calling a line of questioning posed to an Apple witness "very improper" and "intentionally done."

  9. May 15, 2018

    Samsung Owes Apple Over $1B For Ripping Off IP, Jury Told

    Apple told an eight-member jury during opening statements in a high-profile California federal damages trial Tuesday that Samsung owes it more than $1 billion for infringing three of Apple's design patents covering iPhones, while Samsung pegged the number at just $28 million.

  10. May 14, 2018

    Apple, Samsung Select Jury In Silicon Valley IP Damages Trial

    Attorneys for Apple and Samsung traded juror challenges on Monday at the start of a high-profile California federal trial to determine how much Samsung owes for infringing five of Apple's design and utility patents, winnowing 74 candidates down to a final panel of eight.