In Apple v. Samsung, it's up to the jury now

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Apple and Samsung both rested their cases this week in the ongoing billion-dollar patent infringement dispute, and now it's up to the jury to pick a victor.

Apple's closing arguments focused on the documents at the heart of its courtroom offensive. The company's attorney highlighted a series of internal Samsung documents, many of which showed that Samsung looked to Apple's devices for cues when designing its software icons and general features.

Samsung closed its case by painting Apple as a company that is stifling market competition not just in the U.S. but in the tech world at large. And it argued that any product design similarities are not copying, but benchmarking -- the practice in which companies keep up with rivals on things like screen size, battery life, and other core features.

Then on Wednesday, after sitting through more than three weeks of complicated, often technical testimony, the jury started its deliberations. And by all accounts, ... [Read more]



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