Earlier rulings had sided with Apple, although the amount Samsung owes in damages has repeatedly been contested. The amount of damages awarded to Apple suggested that the jury bought into the US tech giant's claim that the iPhone's design was so integral that it was essentially as much the "article of manufacture" as the device itself.
The three design patents raised in the case related to the iPhone's black screen with rounded edges, it bezels and the rows of colorful display icons. Read more: Apple profit up despite dipping iPhone sales. Juror Christine Calderon said the panel agreed that the grid of colored icons did indeed represent the whole phone, while the display design gave the iPhone its look.
In a statement, Apple said it was grateful to the jury for finding "that Samsung should pay for copying our products. This case has always been about more than money. Samsung attorney John Quinn, meanwhile, argued that the copied design features should be regarded as components to the device, rather integral to the device itself, and therefore justify a lower payout.
Previous rulings dating back six years had found that Samsung had indeed infringed on Apple's design patents , although the amount of damages has since been repeatedly contested through various courts. But people obviously thought it was real and that Samsung had become the world's biggest troll by doing that to Apple.
After that many tech websites were forced to come out and say that it was a hoax indeed. The Guardian did a complete analysis of how it was not possible for Samsung to pay the fine in 5 cent coins. Others pointed out that it would require a lot more than thirty trucks to carry so many coins. Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Some users expressed surprise about Samsung having to pay a hefty fine to its tech rival. Others remarked the payment method was the cause for a purported "national coin shortage.
But that's all nonsense. The post's claim is a hoax dating back to and stems from an article published on a satirical website. In , following news of Apple filing a lawsuit accusing Samsung of design patent infringement, an article appeared on El Deforma , a Spanish-language website that describes itself as a "satirical newspaper whose sole purpose is entertainment.
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