Samsung vs. Apple - The Endless War

The endless legal and competitive maneuvers that big mobile technology companies engage in as they jostle for market leadership is one of the biggest stories in the technology industry.

Will Android continue its ownership on software? Will Microsoft find a way to creep back and catch up with Google? Will Apple and Samsung keep spending money that could be invested in product research in their interminable patent litigation?

On Nov. 21, Apple won the latest round in its patent war after a San Jose, Calif., jury determined that Samsung owes the iPhone maker an additional $290 million. With that, Apple has been awarded about $930 million across all of the cases it's won.

Suffice it to say that Samsung walked out of the courtroom with a bit more than a black eye.

But Apple can't start counting its court winnings yet. More appeals are coming, and in 2014, Apple and Samsung will be back in court to litigate additional patent issues.