As the dust settles in the aftermath of the historic Samsung – Apple court decision, where the maker of the iPhone was awarded a $1 billion payment for pattern infringement, the legal battles, and the “operating system wars” in the smartphone industry, are just getting started. While Apple is likely to push to get Samsung’s products temporarily off the shelves, it will likely pursue legal action against other handset makers, RBC’s equity research team noted. They suggest buying Qualcomm and looking at Nokia and Microsoft, which should benefit as Samsung, and possibly Google, suffer.
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