Apple wins, but Samsung set for bounce-back
Galaxy smartphone banned from sale in the United States. But its skill as a fast executioner – quick to match others’ innovations – would likely mean tweaked, non-patent infringing devices would be on the market soon after any ban came into place.
A US court has ordered Samsung – which sold around 50 million phones in April-June, almost twice the number of iPhones – to pay $1.05 billion damages, after ruling that the South Korean firm infringed on some Apple patents.
Samsung has already made some design changes to new products since the litigation first started more than a year ago, said Seo Won-seok, an analyst at Korea Investment & Securities. With the ruling, they are now more likely to make further changes or they could simply decide to raise product prices to cover patent-related payments.
News Source: financialexpress.com
