SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to pay $119.6 million to Apple Inc, far less than Apple had sought and marking a big loss for the iPhone maker in the latest round of their globe-spanning mobile patent litigation.
During the month-long trial in a San Jose, California, federal court, Apple accused Samsung of violating patents on smartphone features including universal search, while Samsung denied wrongdoing. On Friday, the jury found the South Korean smartphone maker had infringed two Apple patents.
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The current case involves five Apple patents that were not in the 2012 trial and that cover iPhone features such as slide-to-unlock and search technology.Apple is seeking to ban sales of several Samsung phones, including the Galaxy S III, and sought just over $2 billion in damages.
It will now be up to Judge Koh to decide whether a sales ban is warranted, though legal experts deem that unlikely.
Responding to the verdict, Apple said the ruling reinforced its stance that "Samsung willfully stole our ideas and copied our products."
That was dumb and a waste of money.. I guess those 100 million will pay for the extra month of commercials in China or something. Pocket change for Samsung
Slide to unlock might sound like a weird thing to sue over but think of it this way.
If Mac OS introduced a Start Menu, Microsoft would sue the pants of Apple.
Slide to unlock was one of the most unique features of iOS that stood out from other phones.
Samsung KNEW they couldn't copy it and tried several ways of opening the phone. They then went with the slide to unlock feature anyway.
Apple didn't invented those, they were money hungry so they patented functions that were already out there just to get them coins from suing others using "their patents".
Apple didn't invented those, they were money hungry so they patented functions that were already out there just to get them coins from suing others using "their patents".
If Samsung hadn't so obviously copied Apple in the first place, neither company would be suing each other back and forth.
Apple is the loser here. Yes, Samsung stole, but they only pay pennies to Apple 
Apple better get those rightful coins. Can't wait to see what the iPhone 6 has in store. 
