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"In the latest installment of the Apple-Samsung patent battle, judge Lucy Koh has decided that Samsung did not infringe Apple's patents willfully, therefore overturning one element of the jury's ruling from August 2012. \nOriginally, the jury had determined Samsung's infringement of Apple's patents was willful in several instances, which could possibly triple the $1.05 billion damages granted to Apple. Both Apple and Samsung were unhappy with the verdict: Apple asked for increased damages, while Samsung wanted an entirely new trial. \n\"To establish objective willfulness, Apple must prove by clear and convincing evidence that there was an 'objectively high likelihood that its actions constituted infringement of a valid patent',\" writes Koh in the new ruling. However, since Samsung managed to prove it believed the infringed patents were invalid, it could not have infringed them willfully. \nOn the other hand, the original $1 billion ruling has been upheld and Samsung has been denied motion for a new trial.\nBoth companies can still appeal certain elements of the ruling, so we probably didn't hear the last of this seemingly never-ending case. \nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, Kuzma"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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