How a Patents Vet Wound Up Leading the Apple-Samsung Jury
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Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. placed their trust in a retired IBM executive with patent litigation experience to give them a fair trial. Neither side ended up with a sweeping victory.
When jury foreman Thomas Dunham handed over the verdict in court May 2, Apple got just $120 million of the $2 billion it sought for infringement of its smartphone patents. Samsung, whose lawyer said yesterday it will seek to overturn the verdict, won one of its two claims against the iPhone maker.