"The Jury Has Now Spoken": Apple CEO Tim Cook's Memo to Employees on Patent Win Over Samsung

After Apple?s legal victory over Samsung in the much-disputed patent infringement battle earlier today, its CEO Tim Cook sent a memo to the tech giant?s employees.

Cook, who took over at the company exactly a year ago, said Apple had gone to court ?very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work.?

He stressed that the lawsuit ?has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It?s about values.?

The memo was similar, though perhaps more emotional, than a company statement earlier today.

?The lawsuits between Apple and Samsung were about much more than patents or money. They were about values. At Apple, we value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. We make these products to delight our customers, not for our competitors to flagrantly copy.?

Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere.

Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past few weeks. We chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work. For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It?s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.

We owe a debt of gratitude to the jury who invested their time in listening to our story. We were thrilled to finally have the opportunity to tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trial showed that Samsung?s copying went far deeper than we knew.

The jury has now spoken. We applaud them for finding Samsung?s behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn?t right.

I am very proud of the work that each of you do.

Today, values have won and I hope the whole world listens.

Tim

Source: http://allthingsd.com/20120824/the-jury-has-now-spoken-apple-ceo-tim-cooks-memo-to-employees-on-patent-win-over-samsung/

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