In another thread on this general topic, someone made what I think is the best point about why these cases are relevant to small developers: the patent system h

In another thread on this general topic, someone made what I think is the best point about why these cases are relevant to small developers: the patent system has now gotten so absurd that it seems everyone is infringing everything; so now the incumbents will simply settle with each other and use the patent system as a way to hamper new entrants. Essentially, when these cases end up with both sides infringing, it simply strengthens the position of patent trolls and incumbents, while doing nothing in practice to harm distribution of any of the incumbents' products. It's not like either Apple or Samsung are really going to not distribute their products in South Korea. But could they enjoin a new entrant from doing so with this case as precedent? You bet. This just made entering the phone/tablet market in South Korea a lot more expensive.