A patent case is a civil case so the plaintiff does not need to convince anyone "beyond a reasonable doubt." Instead, they only need to show that the prepondera

A patent case is a civil case so the plaintiff does not need to convince anyone "beyond a reasonable doubt." Instead, they only need to show that the preponderance of the evidence is in their favor. So all Apple had to do was convince a jury that Samsung was more likely to have violated their patents than to have not violated.