Patents: Samsung is 290,400,000 dollars to Apple - ZDNet

Legal : Reviewing the amount of damages owed by Samsung to Apple, a jury found that the Korean was $ 290 million to its rival. In total, Samsung has to pay 930 million, against 1.05 billion previously.

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It was not exactly a new trial between Apple and Samsung. Due to an error jurors when calculating damages, some of those obtained by Apple in the first instance should be reassessed.

This is now done and the jury Samsung has maintained his conviction and set at approximately $ 290.45 million the amount it needs to adjust its competitor for patent infringement.

A calculation based on a patent invalidated

This is more than the Korean estimated duty set (52 million), but less so than the amount required by law to Apple. The manufacturer of the iPhone estimated at $ 380 million the amount of damages suffered because of the violation of its patents by Samsung.

“For Apple, this case has always been that patents and money. It was about innovation and hard work to invent products that people love, “commented Apple after judgment.

As for Samsung, necessarily, he says “disappointed” by the decision of the jury, he said, “is largely based on a patent that the U.S. Patent Office has recently considered invalid . “

all, for patent infringement, Apple has forced its rival to pay him $ 930 million in damages. This is less than the judgment of first instance ($ 1.05 billion).