WSJ Commentaries on Apple-Samsung Trial

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My comment: A jury of Apple-Samsung civil trial delivered its verdict on Friday (Aug 24). Somehow Wall Street Journal did not report it Saturday, which does not publish on Sundays. Today (Monday) marks the first time WSJ reports and comments about it.

(1) Jessica E Vascellaro and Don Clark, Apple Victory shifts Power Balance. WSJ, Aug 27, 2012
("A Google spokesman said in a statement Sunday [Sept 26] that most of the parents found infringed in the [Apple-Samsung] case 'don't relate to the core Android operating system'")

(2) Evan Ramstad, Patent Bet Turns Sour for Korean Behemoth. WSJ, Aug 27, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 12951560958304.html

Two consecutive paragraphs:

"That damage could have been avoided were it not for a bad bet.

"Trial testimony revealed that Samsung executives had rejected an Apple offer to sell smartphone and tablet patent licenses for $24 a unit [when a device--smartphone or tablet--was, is and would be sold worldwide, not just in US]. Based on the 21.3 million smartphones and 1.4 million tablets that Samsung has sold in the US that infringed the Apple patents, Samsung would have paid $545 million so far had the company accepted the licensing offer. That is quite a ways from Samsung's current situation, given the possibility that damages could be trebled, the U.S. judge could bar some U.S. sales and Samsung has doubtless accumulated millions of dollars in litigation costs.

Note: There is no need to read the rest.