Apple paid its lawyers over $60 million to beat Samsung in court

[Youbetternot]

Wow 60 million dollars just to win a court case against Samsung. I wish I had 60 million to spend.

 

The damages retrial for last year's Apple vs. Samsung legal battle recently wrapped, and new court documents reveal how much Cupertino paid its legal team to get its wins: over $60 million. The revelations come as Apple requests that Samsung reimburse a portion of those legal costs. According to recent court filings, Apple wants its rival to pay a third of that, coming out to more than $15.7 million in attorney's fees — and that's on top of the over $6.2 million in trial-related costs Samsung is already on the hook for.

 

Apple primarily employed two law firms for its case: Morrison & Foerster, LLP handled the offensive side of the battle, while Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP covered the company's defense against Samsung's own claims of patent infringement. According to the documents, WilmerHale billed for around $2 million, where Apple expects to pay Morrison & Foerster $60 million all on its own — and that's with the fee reduced due to the firm's longstanding relationship with Apple. "Apple's in-house attorneys managed this case to a very disciplined budget," attorney Rachel Krevans writes in the filing. "As a result of all of these efforts and reductions, the hours underlying the fees at issue are reasonable." While reimbursing attorney's fees isn't a given in these kinds of cases, Apple is arguing that it's entitled to the payout under the Lanham Act due to what it characterizes as Samsung's "willful" misconduct.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/6/5182736/apple-paid-its-lawyers-over-60-million-to-beat-samsung-in-court

 

[megadarkwood]

I wish I had 60 million to spend.

You are talking about:

[needmorewood]

thats it? 
honestly thought it would be at least $100M

[Imabigmac]

That's nothing (at least for apple)

[Worth]

$60 million on a large scale pissing contest

[LancerBG]

lawyers are expensive the end. 

[MzCatieB]

Apple paying more to keep their logo

[felixbearpig]

Of course you will pay you lawyers to win ... And it cheaper to pay that then it is to pay the fines if you lost

[Frix]

Apple will steal as many ideas as it takes to make them look like the big guys.

[Mooshi]

They have the cash to spend to defend themselves, but not enough to actually innovate. Kinda sad.

[DudeWazap]

They have the cash to spend to defend themselves, but not enough to actually innovate. Kinda sad.

Haha that's so funny, but its true.

[AlexGoesHigh]

that what happens whit 150 billions of cash

[Morpheus]

i gotta go to law school...

[Qwertious]

60M for 1B? Only a retard would think that it is not worth it