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Samsung must pay Apple $539mn in patent lawsuit: US court
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IANS | 25 May, 2018
A US court has finally asked Samsung to pay $539 million to Apple for
copying patented iPhone designs, after the two giants got entangled in a
legal battle in 2011.
According to a report in Fortune late
Thursday, Samsung was found liable in the initial verdict in 2012 and
was initially asked to pay over $1 billion to Apple but the amount was
later reduced in further court hearings.
Under the US patent law,
infringement of a design patent can result in a plaintiff receiving
total profits made through the product.
Samsung's lawyers
appealed the case, bringing down the compensation of $1 billion to $400
million in 2015 at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
This
time, a jury in a northern California US district court in San Jose
deliberated for five days to decide the fresh penalty in a case that
alleged that Samsung's Android handsets used design elements stolen from
the iPhone maker.
"We're grateful to the jury for their service
and pleased they agree that Samsung should pay for copying our
products," Apple said in a statement.
"This case has always been
about more than money. Apple ignited the smartphone revolution with
iPhone and it is a fact that Samsung blatantly copied our design. It is
important that we continue to protect the hard work and innovation of so
many people at Apple," the statement said.
Samsung, however, was displeased with the verdict.
"Today's
decision flies in the face of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in
favoor of Samsung on the scope of design patent damages," Samsung said
in its statement.
"We will consider all options to obtain an
outcome that does not hinder creativity and fair competition for all
companies and consumers," reported The Registrar, quoting the statement
from the South Korean giant.
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