Cloud Computing: Tim Cook on Apple’s Victory over Samsung

Apple CEO Tim Cook, a year in the job, sent the following e-mail out to Apple folk after the jury returned a verdict in Apple’s favor Friday. He doesn’t gloat: Team: Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere. Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past few weeks. We chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work. For us, this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.

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