South Korea Reacts to US Apple-Samsung Ruling

August 28, 2012 from LinkAsia via MBC

South Korean broadcaster MBC reports on Apple's big win over Samsung in US courts, laying the blame on media bias and jurors' proximity to Apple headquarters. The ruling sets a precedent for the 30 cases in nine countries between these two companies in what MBC calls the "patent war of the century."

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