In the seemingly never-ending patent infringement case between Apple and Samsung, it looked like the end was in sight. Apple and Samsung were each awarded damages, although Apple's reward was orders of magnitude more than Samsung's. The jury awarded Apple over $120 million and Samsung over $150,000. So that's the end of it, right? Nope. According to Bloomerg, Samsung wants to pay less (or not at all) and is appealing the decision.
While the case may not yet be in the past, some of the infringing products include the Samsung Galaxy II. One of the directives from the case could see older products taken off the market, but in the fast moving technology world, that is happening anyway. Both parties can afford the damages, so the real goal is to put the other side at a competitive advantage. Apple wants Samsung (and Google) to develop their own technology, which arguably is less usable and less intuitive than iOS, and Samsung wants freedom to compete on hardware, specs, and pricing without worrying about such patent claims.
Each party is putting their best "spin" on the results, such as Samsung claiming victory because Apple only won 6 percent of the original $2.2 billion they sought, and Apple reporting that Samsung's theft is now a matter of law. Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Apple, said earlier that the jury’s verdict “reinforces what courts around the world have already found: that Samsung willfully stole our ideas and copied our products.” Of course, Apple's founder Steve Jobs was known to say "Good artists copy, great artists steal," a line which he ironically copied from Picasso. But Picasso didn't have a patent on that, the way Apple patents everything!
