Apple Wins and Wins Big

Apple has triumphed in the first major decision in its sprawling legal fight across four continents against Samsung, which stands as proxy for Google and its Android operating system. In a slam-dunk verdict delivered in record time by a Silicon Valley federal jury Apple was award a mammoth $1.051 billion in damages, a sum that is likely to be trebled because Samsung was found guilty of willfully infringing five Apple patents.

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