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Five Years Ago

This week in 2012 started out with us catching up on something that happened late on the previous Friday: the jury in the Apple/Samsung patent trial released a surprise snap verdict that Samsung had infringed. Worryingly, they pretty much admitted that they ignored prior art and other key factors to do so — and the foreman's explanation in interviews showed he didn't really understand prior art to begin with. Of course, the whole thing seemed to be simply demonstrating the viability of Samsung products as an alternative to iPhones and iPads — and as you likely know, just last December, SCOTUS overturned this verdict.