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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eranga_rama" data-source="post: 13285823" data-attributes="member: 85571">Samsung shares fall after jury orders $1bn in damagesShares of Samsung  Electronics have suffered their biggest fall in a single day, in almost  four years, after a US jury found the technology giant copied designs  from Apple.         The South Korean company's shares fell 7% in Seoul trading, the most since October 2008.         The company was ordered to pay $1.05bn (£665m) in damages to  Apple, in one of the most significant rulings in a global intellectual  property battle.         Samsung will appeal the verdict.   Sales worries           Analysts said investors were worried that the ruling could affect revenues.         "An adjustment in the next few days is unavoidable as the  damage amount was much bigger than market expectations, and there are  further uncertainties, such as the possibility of a sales ban," said  John Park, from Daishin Securities.         Apple has said it will seek an injunction to block sales of  Samsung products in the United States, a key market, at a court hearing  on 20 September.         One of the biggest concerns for Samsung is whether Apple will  now target the Galaxy S3, which was not included in the recent trial,  as it focussed on older products.         The flagship product is Samsung's best selling smartphone and  if it is included in a US ban on sales that would give Apple a major  advantage in the market, analysts said.   Jury ruling        <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62488000/jpg/_62488989_apsum.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Apple and Samsung are involved in patent disputes in many countries around the world          A nine-member jury in San Jose, California ruled on 24 August that Samsung had infringed Apple patents for mobile devices.         It was the the most closely-watched of many similar patent  disputes being contested in courts around the world between electronics  manufacturers.         In recent weeks, a court in South Korea ruled that both Apple  and Samsung had copied each other, while a British court dismissed  claims by the American company that Samsung had infringed its  copyrights.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19388633" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19388633</a><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/nerd.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nerd:" title="Nerd    :nerd:" data-shortname=":nerd:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/nerd.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nerd:" title="Nerd    :nerd:" data-shortname=":nerd:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/nerd.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nerd:" title="Nerd    :nerd:" data-shortname=":nerd:" /></blockquote>

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