Apple Patent Victory Seen Spurring Wider Range of Smartphones
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Apple Inc. scored a clear victory in its patent dispute with Samsung Electronics Co. yesterday, increasing pressure on smartphone makers around the world to create handsets that stand apart from the iPhone and deliver more choices for consumers in a $219.1 billion market.
A jury awarded $1.05 billion in damages yesterday after finding that Samsung infringed six patents for mobile devices, a defeat for Apple’s biggest opponent in smartphones.