What’s Your Damage, Apple?

The opinion of the Supreme Court is in, in Samsung v. Apple, and the news is not appetizing for Apple. Justice Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous Court, did just enough to (temporarily?) undo the $399–million verdict Apple had secured in this skirmish of the smartphone wars for infringement of its design patents. But the Court...

The Role of Design Patents in Patent Troll’s Litigation Designs

The business world snapped to attention when Apple obtained a $400 million verdict from Samsung in a dispute largely focused on design patents covering how smart–phones look. The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the question of how to assign damages for design patent infringement—that is, how to distinguish between the value of the...

East Texas Jury Awards $533 Million In Damages In Apple iTunes Patent Suit

The mega–verdict is back. Patent–assertion entity Smartflash LLC has been awarded $533 million in damages by an east Texas jury in a lawsuit it filed against Apple accusing iTunes of infringing three of its patents. As reported by Reuters, the jury deliberated for eight hours before imposing the half–billion dollar verdict against Apple for willful...