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This has to be considered an overall win for Samsung. The fine hurts a bit but an indefinite ban on those products would be a disaster.

Maybe Apple will take a hint and focus their energies on doing something interesting in iOS 7 instead of barking through the fence at every competitor that walks by.

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I didn't realize Apple's legal team was comprised of developers who could otherwise be spending their time working on the OS.

They aren't, but it still affects the decision makers at the top who are supposed to be driving the vision of the company.

Not to mention, they presumably need to get paid.

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