Patent Expert Christopher Marlett On Why Apple Could Win Out Over Samsung In Court [TCTV]

Colleen Taylor

Colleen Taylor is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch and TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked as a reporter for GigaOM, the Financial Times’ Mergermarket newswire, and the semiconductor industry newsletter Electronic News. Disclosure: Colleen holds a small amount of shares in AOL, which were awarded as part of her employment contract with TechCrunch. She personally... → Learn More

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012


The jury is still out — literally — on the Apple v. Samsung court case, in which Apple has accused Samsung of copying the iPhone and the iPad designs with its Android-powered mobile devices. While we wait for the verdict to come in (some experts say the jury’s deliberations could very well end before this week is up) to shed a bit of light on what’s at stake here we talked to Christopher Marlett, the founder and CEO of MDB Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment bank that focuses on intellectual property.

Watch the video above to hear Marlett talk about why Apple v. Samsung is such a unique case in the grand scheme of IP disputes, why he believes patents actually help foster innovation, how Apple could likely end up being as the winner, and more.