Reuters: Technology News: Jury didn't want to let Samsung off easy in Apple trial

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Jury didn't want to let Samsung off easy in Apple trial Aug 25th 2012, 18:02 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Seoul court rules Samsung didn't violate Apple design Fri, Aug 24 2012 California jurors get to work in Apple vs. Samsung trial Wed, Aug 22 2012 Analysis: In Apple vs. Samsung, alchemy of damages takes the stage Wed, Aug 22 2012 Apple, Samsung make final pitch to jury Wed, Aug 22 2012 Apple fires closing shots at Samsung in patents battle Fri, Aug 17 2012 Analysis & Opinion The Stoker verdict and Citi's settlement with the SEC Counterparties: Low tech A Samsung customer waits at its service centre in Kuala Lumpur August 25, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:02pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jurors did not want to let Samsung Electronics Co Ltd off easy in the landmark patent trial against Apple Inc, even though they felt Apple's damages demands were too high, according to the foreman. Apple won a sweeping victory against Samsung on Friday in a San Jose federal courtroom. A nine-member jury found the Korean company had infringed on several Apple features and design patents and awarded the iPhone maker $1.05 billion in damages, which could be tripled because the jury also decided that the Korean firm had acted willfully. In an interview on Saturday, Velvin Hogan, 67, said Apple's arguments about the need to protect innovation were persuasive. Hogan worked as an engineer for decades before he retired, and holds a patent of his own. "We didn't want to give carte blanche to a company, by any name, to infringe someone else's intellectual property," Hogan told Reuters a day after the verdict was delivered. However, Hogan said Apple's damages demand of up to $2.75 billion were "extraordinarily high," partly because it was unclear whether Apple had enough component supply to sell more phones even if it wanted to. "We wanted to make sure the message we sent was not just a slap on the wrist," Hogan said. "We wanted to make sure it was sufficiently high to be painful, but not unreasonable." Hogan said jurors were able to complete their deliberations in less than three days -- much faster than legal experts had predicted -- because a few had engineering and legal experience, which helped with the complex issues in play. Once they determined Apple's patents were valid, jurors evaluated every single device separately, he said. "All of us feel we were fair, that we can stand by our verdict and that we have a clear conscience in that we were totally not biased one way or another," Hogan said. (Editing by Vicki Allen) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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