Apple-Samsung Jurors Say Video Testimony, Emails Were Persuasive

26.08.2012
The Apple-Samsung patent infringement verdict is in, and the jurors who handed a major victory to Apple are speaking out.

reports that the jury foreman has said that while the jury felt Apple's demands were too high, it also believed Samsung should still pay significant damages because of its intentional infringement of Apple's patents.

The bottom line, the jury found, . The result: Samsung must pay $1.05 billion in damages to the maker of the iPhone and iPad. A judge could triple the damage award because the jury determined Samsung had acted willfully.

The Foreman

Jury foreman Velvin Hogan -- a patent holder himself -- said Apple's arguments were persuasive and that video testimony from Samsung executives made it "absolutely" clear the infringement was done on purpose.

"We didn't want to give carte blanche to a company, by any name, to infringe someone else's intellectual property," the 67-year-old retired engineer said.