Patents - Jury awards $1 billion victory to Apple

Apple has won an emphatic victory in its US patent battle with Samsung, after a California jury found that the South Korean electronics group infringed a substantial majority of its contested design and user-interface patents.

The jury awarded just over $1bn in damages to Apple after it found that several of Samsungs smartphones "wilfully" infringed the patented appearance and features of the iPhone including so-called "rubberbanding" scrolling, its sleek glass front and its grid of colourful, round-cornered apps ... READ MORE

Released by the Financial Times - 25 August 2012