Apple won a sweeping victory in its landmark patent dispute against Samsung when a Silicon Valley jury ruled that a series of popular Smartphone and tablet features - from the rounded rectangle shape to the way screens slide and bounce to the touch - are proprietary Apple innovations. The nine-person jury overwhelmingly sided with Apple's claims that Samsung had infringed on valid patents when it copied those and other design elements while seeking to compete against the wildly popular iPhone and iPad. The jury rejected claims that Apple had infringed on several of Samsung's patents. Damages totaled $1.05 billion - less than half of the $2.5 billion that Apple requested.
