When Techno Giants Go Head to Head
A 2 year patent infringement battle between Apple and Samsung demonstrates the power of a patent.
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Apple sought $2 billion in violation fees claiming that Samsung illegally copied Apples’ patented features such as: slide to lock, zoom text with a finger tap, and tap from search: which allows users to initiate a call from just a partial search result.
In 2013, the verdict was in favor of Apple.
It may come as a surprise that features so simple and seemingly common can be patented. As a direct result of having those patents in place, Apple was able to gain $290 million from Samsung’s sales, in addition to the multi billions in sales they produce annually.
