Samsung takes a $12 billion value hit after Apple patent lawsuit verdict

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Losing  the initial patent infringement case against Apple is going to cost Samsung. More than the $1 billion it has to pay Apple for damages, it is also taking a hit where it hurts, in its value. The Korean consumer electronics and components giant saw 7.5 of its shares slump early Monday resulting in the loss of $12 billion of its value. Still reeling from last week's jury verdict at the San Jose federal court, that found that Samsung willfully copied Apple's patents and ordered the latter to pay over $1 billion in damages, Samsung now faces some financial consequences for that ruling which it said it will appeal.

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The Apple Beat: The iPhone, five years later

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been five years since Steve Jobs debuted the Apple iPhone and changed the world of mobile phones and the world of mobile computing as we know it. The iPhone's story is how one single product remapped the entire mobile industry.

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Apple sues HTC for patent infringement, again

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Just as the legal battle with Samsung  and Amazon has died down, HTC is now in the hot seat as Apple is suing the world's 4th largest handset maker for infringing on its patents related to smartphones and the recently released HTC Flyer Tablet.  

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SourceCode: Samsung to Apple - Show me yours and I'll show you mine

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

So, now Samsung is trying to turn the tables on Apple after the iPhone maker filed suit against Samsung for allegedly copying design and functionality elements of the iPhone and the iPad. The earlier suit alleged that Samsung copied the look, product design, packaging and user interface of its products, violating its patents and trademarks and possibly causing confusion in the market.

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