--SUPERS --
Friday
San Jose, CA

Dan Simon


--LEAD IN --
A big victory for Apple in its patent war against Samsung. A federal jury in San Jose awared the tech giant more than 1 billion dollars in damages after determining that it violated several patents related to the Iphone.
CNN's Dan Simon has the details from outside the courthouse.

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --
THE JURY OF 7 MEN AND 2 WOMEN SIDED WITH APPLE ON ALMOST ALL OF ITS CLAIMS---CERTAINLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. IT DETERMINED THAT SAMSUNG ESSENTIALLY COPIED THE IPHONE.... FROM ITS ICONIC DESIGN TO ITS UNIQUE SOFTWARE FEATURES.
SAMSUNG IS NOW ORDERED TO PAY APPLE MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS....
THAT'S LESS THAN THE 2.7 BILLION APPLE WANTED. BUT FOR APPLE--- THE MOST VALUABLE COMPANY ON THE PLANET--- THE CASE WAS MORE ABOUT SENDING A MESSAGE TO COMPETITORS THAT IT WILL DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO PROTECT ITS INNOVATION.
THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT ISN'T YET CLEAR.... APPLE WANTS SAMSUNG'S INFRINGED PRODUCTS REMOVED FROM STORES.
IN A STATEMENT--- SAMSUNG WROTE, "TODAY'S VERICT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS A WIN FOR APPLE, BUT AS A LOSS FOR THE AMERICAN CONSUMER. IT WILL LEAD TO FEWER CHOICES, LESS INNOVATION, AND POTENTIALLY HIGHER PRICES."
SIGNALING THAT INDEED CERTAIN OF ITS PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE.
AS FOR APPLE... IT SAYS QUOTE... "WE APPLAUD THE COURT FOR FINDING SAMSUNG'S BEHAVIOR WILFUL AND FOR SENDING A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE THAT STEALING ISN'T RIGHT."
IF THERE WAS ONE BRIGHT SPOT FOR SAMSUNG- THE JURY FOUND THAT IT DIDN'T COPY THE IPAD DESIGN FOR ITS OWN COMPETING TABLETS... BUT THAT WAS IT.
SAMSUNG WILL LIKELY APPEAL THIS VERDICT...AND WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING APPLE ON SOME OF THESE SAME ISSUES IN COURTS AND TRIBUNALS AROUND THE WORLD.
DAN SIMON, CNN, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.
-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----

--KEYWORD TAGS--
TECHNOLOGY MOBILE COMPUTERS COURT LAWSUIT IPHONE IPAD FASCINATION