Stefan Mileschin

Neither side happy

A US court has ruled that Samsung must pay Apple $539 million for infringing five patents with Android phones it sold in 2010 and 2011, but there are major reasons why Apple will not be happy with the verdict.

The bulk of the damages payment, $533,316,606, was for infringing three Apple design patents. The remaining $5,325,050 was for infringing two utility patents. Samsung already had been found to infringe the patents, but this trial determined some of the damages.

Firstly Samsung will be hacked off that this trial had reconsidered $399 million of Samsung's earlier payments, so $539 million is a significantly more considerable sum.

"We have some issues that will be addressed in post-trial motions", Samsung attorney John Quinn told US District Court Judge Lucy Koh, but didn't seek to keep her from dismissing the eight-person jury. "We don't think it's supported by the evidence", he said of the verdict.

Samsung said that it would appeal because it claimed the decision was against a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in favour of Samsung on the scope of design patent damages. "We will consider all options to obtain an outcome that does not hinder creativity and fair competition for all companies and consumers", Samsung said.

https://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/463...-iphone-design