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I don't remember the Apple v Samsung case being up in the air; I recall widespread shock on HN at the verdict, when it looked like it would be anything but. If you look back at comments from the time, most HN commenters felt vindicated when the award was reduced on appeal.

[froindt]

I wasn't around here during that dispute. As I remember it (and I could be off substantially), both sides were slinging mud at each other drawn out over a long period of many months. Both had large patent portfolios to throw at each other, along with accusations about seemingly stupid stuff, like apple suggesting Samsung not make rectangular phones.

Did Apple vs Samsung seem as clear cut as Uber vs Google does now?

[dba7dba]

Apple and Samsung sued and counter-sued in all following nations: Germany, Japan, US, Australia, EU.

Only the jury trial in Silicon Valley ended favorably for Apple. And that with a jury foreman who had a very questionable patent himself. After the trial he was saying stuff in interviews that showed he had a pretty strong bias for Apple for a few days, and than he went silent suddenly. Some suggested Apple or someone asked him to keep quiet. But who knows.

The legal battle between Apple and Samsung was literally fought on more continents than WW2. WW2 wasn't fought in US but Apple-Samsung battle did take place in US.

[oatmale]

> The legal battle between Apple and Samsung was literally fought on more continents than WW2. WW2 wasn't fought in US but Apple-Samsung battle did take place in US.

North America (Pearl Harbor, Fort Stevens)

Europe

Asia

Africa

Australia ( Darwin, Sydney, battle of Brisbane )

[rockinghigh]

Pearl Harbor is not in North America, it's in in Hawaii. Comparing the Fort Stevens incident to actual warfare is ridiculous.

[theduncan]

You Don't talk about the Battle of Brisbane.

[nolok]

The shock was also because the jury awarded damage randomly, such as specific model being cited for violating patent there weren't (eg square phones being cited for violating rounded patent). That's where a lot of the reduction came from in appeal.