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Samsung will appeal, but Apple has won a major victory over Samsung in its major patent trial. The jury, after three days of deliberations in the U.S. District Court trial in San Jose, awarded Apple more than US$1 billion after finding that Samsung had infringed on six patents by copying the look and feel of its mobile devices.

Here’s some of the major points from the trial:

The April to June quarter of 2012 set a new record for media tablet shipments reaching nearly 25 million units with total shipments growing 36% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and 77% year-over-year (YoY), according to “ABI Research” (www.abiresearch.com).

Apple has appealed a court ruling that dismissed its claim on two patents held by Kodak. In a Wednesday court filing, the company said it was challenging g U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper’s decision to give Kodak partial victory in a lawsuit over ownership of 10 patents, reports “Bloomberg” (www.bloomberg.com).

Apple and Google recently joined rival investor groups hoping to nab Kodak’s patent portfolio. The groups are offering warm-up bids of between $150-$250 million, reports “The Register” (http://macte.ch/Cgu28).

Apple and the Government Printing Office have reached a deal to make hundreds of government documents and manuscripts available on iTunes in e-book format, reports “InformationWeek” (http://macte.ch/YfGNY).

The Apple deal is the latest in a string of e-book partnerships that the Government Printing Office — the official federal government printer — has made similar deals since December 2010 with the Google, Barnes & Noble, and smaller companies like OverDrive, Ingram, and ZInio.

New Potato Technologies has introduced the TuneLink Home for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices. It provides a wireless link between the user’s device and home entertainment system, providing hi-fidelity streaming audio and universal infrared remote control functions.

The TuneLink connects audio via analog or digital output to the entertainment system and includes an infrared blaster that broadcasts commands from your device to your media equipment. Its Bluetooth transceiver purportedly operates over ranges of more than 120 feet.