Small in Japan: Apple (AAPL) Loses Patent Verdict to Samsung One Week After U.S. Win

Pressure on Apple (AAPL) Continues; Gains from Win Over Samsung Erased

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) continues seeing pressure on the session, shares are now below $666 to just under $665. This is the lowest point since Apple saw a pop earlier in the week on the Samsung patent litigation verdict.

Shares are off 1.3 percent Thursday.... More

Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee on Apple (AAPL): KEYWORD: Wilful

Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL): KEYWORD: Wilful.

Late Friday, a federal court jury ruled in favour of Apple, finding Samsung had been guilty of infringing on six AAPL patents on more than a dozen devices and awarded AAPL $1.05 billion in damages. The jury ruled Samsung's infringement of APPL's patents was wilful in that the parent company induced subsidiaries to infringe. Samsung's response to the verdict: "It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology... More

Barclays Reiterates an 'Overweight' on Apple (AAPL); Competition in Rearview

Barclays reiterates an 'Overweight' on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) price target of $750.00.

Analyst, Ben A. Reitzes, said, "While we realize the verdict will be appealed, we believe the ruling marks an important victory for Apple against Android (Nasdaq:... More

BMO Capital Reiterates an 'Outperform' on Apple (AAPL); Observations in Victory

BMO Capital reiterates an 'Outperform' on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) price target of $680.00.

Analyst, Keith Bachman, said, "If Apple is able to obtain injunction so that Samsung is not able to sell devices in the US, Apple could see some share... More

Apple (AAPL) Beats Samsung in Landmark Patent Case

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares are at a new all-time high ahead of opening bell Monday, following a late-Friday ruling in its patent litigation with Samsung.

The jury in the case ruled that Samsung infringed on Apple's design patents, specifically:

Utility patents:'163 - Relates to enlargement of documents by tapping the screen;

'361 - 'Bounce-back' feature when scrolling beyond the edge of a page; and

'915 - Distinguishes between single and multi-touch gestures.Design patents:'087 - Ornamental design of the... More

Bloomberg - Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit Against Samsung in Japan

Apple Inc. lost a patent lawsuit in Japan as a Tokyo judge ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) smartphones and a tablet computer didn’t infringe on an Apple invention for synchronizing music and video data with servers.

Apple was ordered by Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji today to pay costs of the lawsuit after his verdict, the latest decision in a global dispute between the technology giants over patents used in mobile devices. Samsung shares rose, erasing earlier losses