I think the problem in this case is the jury just decided to ignored prior art. Quoting from this link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57500358-37/exclusi

I think the problem in this case is the jury just decided to ignored prior art. Quoting from this link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57500358-37/exclusive-apple-samsung-juror-speaks-out/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57500358-37/exclusive-appl... > "He had experience. He owned patents himself...so he took us through his experience. After that it was easier. After we debated that first patent -- what was prior art --because we had a hard time believing there was no prior art." "In fact we skipped that one," Ilagan continued, "so we could go on faster. It was bogging us down." I doubt that in the appeal Apple will be so lucky.