Breaking: Apple Found Guilty Of Violating 2 Samsung Patents… In South Korea [Update]
Sweet, sweet justice reigns upon Apple tonight. The Cupertino-based company has just been found guilty of violating 2 Samsung patents dealing with the transmission of data. Before you rejoice, this was ruled by a South Korean court. You know… in South Korea. Samsung was also found infringing of Apple’s “bounce-back” patent for what it’s worth.
So what happens next? A country-wide ban of all Apple products in South Korea? Well, there’s that. But Apple gets the last laugh in that most of their infringing products (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2) are no longer being sold in South Korea. Apple will also slapped with a fine and forced to pay a staggering $35,400 — that’s roughly the price of a minivan. I’m sure the richest company in the world is really hurting over that one. But a win’s a win, right?
Update: Samsung’s Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 10.1 were also banned. Ouch.