[Swordmaker]

And for your information, Apple's patents you so blithely want to dismiss were upheld by the US Patent Office in 2013. . . and the reason why Samsung is so desperate to appeal the verdict and have it set aside is that if it goes against them, Apple can force Samsung and all Android makers to stop using capacitance touch screens and go back to resistance touch screens which are no where nearly as accurate or use Windows as a system on their phones.

Apple Patent on Touch Typing, Multitouch Upheld; Allows Ban on Most Androids

[DiogenesLamp]

Apple Patent on Touch Typing, Multitouch Upheld; Allows Ban on Most Androids

That article you posted is not at all flattering to Apple. It confirms a lot of the things i've said as well.

Apple is beginning to look like a rent seeking patent troll, and relying on it's popularity here in the US to sway subjective juror's opinions even though the objective truth appears very different.

But if that invalidation ruling was a bit of a mixed bag for Apple's crusade to exclude top Android phonemakers' product from the market, the latest ruling from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on a key touch patent is a flat-out win for Apple, and a surprise win at that.

After an earlier pre-examination found the patent entirely invalid on the grounds of prior art, on Sept. 4 the USPTO issued a reexamination certificate that found that all the claims of Apple's U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949 to be valid.

Makes it seem as if there is some hanky panky going on with the patent examinations. It smells.

And a San Fransisco Jury? OMG. Samsung lost when the case was filed in that Venue. They should have demanded a change in Venue.