Apple’s infringement is not being contested in these trials, that’s already a given...... Willfulness could also come into play which would be an added penalty on top of the current judgement.
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Apple is just using Microsofts playbook ,, steal your competitions main product rather than license it... bankrupt them so they can’t fight back... This is every bit as blatant and intentional as when MS stole DR-DOS’s defrag program... except this company had reserves to fight back...Apple should be forced to remove the stolen software immediately in addition to paying the fine(s).
Apple and Microsoft are just two of the big players employing this strategy. It’s conspicuous enough that at least one retired federal judge has been openly writing about companies that no longer license, but instead steal IP and defy small fry to get paid for their inventions. The lucky ones settle for pennies on the dollar. Many simply are bankrupted by the time and expense involved in defending their patents. This has become worse with the America Invents Act.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conducted parallel reviews of the four patents and on Sept. 9 said none covered new inventions. The agency uses a different standard of review and it’s easier to have a patent found invalid by the patent office than a district court.
That doesn't sound like from an uncontested "given" - it actually sounds as if there is doubt to the validity of the patents themselves.