Apple Wins the Trial Over Samsung, awarded over $1 billion damages

Today, Apple scored its first major victory against Samsung & Android tonight, including a giant $1 billion dollar judgement. Though largely in Apple's favor, they failed to win some key rulings and so they won't be able to slow down Samsung (and other current Android devices) as much as they had hoped.

In particular they failed to win any design or trade dress protection for the iPad. As a result tablet design and most current Samsung phones (as well as other Android handsets) that don't look like the 3G won't infringe on Apple's design patents. For the tablet market in particular this means competition will continue apace.

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