Note that from my understanding the infringement aspect has been decided but the validity of the patent still needs determination by the court. Apple needs to p

Note that from my understanding the infringement aspect has been decided but the validity of the patent still needs determination by the court. Apple needs to prevail on both to get an injuction or damages. Also note that it isn't for all auto-complete systems but a particular approach for touchscreens. See the patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,074,172.PN.&OS=PN/8,074,172&RS=PN/8,074,172 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H... or other comments on this thread. Finally as others point out it is not trolling even if you still think it is abusive use of patents. Patent trolls are companies that have patents that they don't practice themselves that they wait and hide until a juicy target adopts it then they wait under their bridge a little more until it is hard for the target to stop using it then they jump out. Edit: The BBC op seem to have mangled this article in an attempt to make it accessible (or because the journalist didn't fully read it): http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/01/us-court-finds-samsung-to-infringe-one.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/01/us-court-finds-samsung-to...