Apple awarded more than $1 billion in Samsung patent case

Apple was awarded more than $1 billion in damages from Samsung in the landmark patent infringement trial between the two companies.

It is not the end however as there are about 50 lawsuits between Apple and Samsung in 10 countries.

From L.A. Times:

A federal jury has sided with Apple over rival Samsung in a massive patent infringement trial between the two tech heavyweights and has awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages.

The nine-member jury accepted most of Apple's claims that Samsung copied the look and feel of its iPhone to roll out its own line of smartphones.

The decision is in the process of being read by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in a packed federal courtroom in San Jose.

The jury found all of Apple's patents to be valid and said Samsung "willfully" infringed on many of them.

According to reports from the courthouse, as of 4 p.m. Pacific the jury found that Samsung infringed on Apple's so-called "pinch and zoom" patent, or the ability to make text on a touchscreen bigger by moving one's fingers outward; as well as its bounce-back patent, or the way the image onscreen bounces back when it is dragged with a finger to the edge of the device.