30.03.2016 16:11 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

Apple claims reversal of $120M jury verdict in Samsung patent case violated the U.S. Constitution

The endless patent battles between Apple and Samsung took an interesting turn this week when Apple claimed that the most recent court ruling violated the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: the right to trial by jury. Back in 2014, Apple was awarded $119.6M when Samsung was found to have violated three of the five patents in dispute. That award was overturned last month when an appeals court ruled that Samsung didn’t infringe one of the three patents, and declared the other two invalid. The problem, explains Reuters, is that the appellate court didn’t just refer to the trial court record in reaching its conclusions, it also considered new evidence … more…Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Apple, court, Patent, Patent trial, patents, Samsung, trial

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