Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6m (\u00a371m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents.<\/p>\n
A jury in California delivered its verdict in a federal court in San Jose on Friday in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants.<\/p>\n
During the month-long trial, Apple accused Samsung of violating patents on smartphone features.<\/p>\n
The court also ruled that Apple infringed Samsung’s patents and awarded $158,000 in damages.<\/p>\n
Apple had sought $2.2bn after accusing Samsung of infringing five of its patents covering functions such as the “slide to unlock” from its devices.<\/p>\n
Samsung denied any wrongdoing and sought $6m after arguing Apple had infringed two of its smartphone patents related to camera use and video transmission.<\/p>\n
“Though this verdict is large by normal standards, it is hard to view this outcome as much of a victory for Apple,” said Brian Love, a Santa Clara University law professor.<\/p>\n
“This amount is less than 10% of the amount Apple requested and probably doesn’t surpass by too much the amount Apple spent litigating this case.”<\/p>\n
This verdict marks the latest legal battle over intellectual property between the world’s top two smartphone makers.<\/p>\n
Apple and Samsung have been fighting patent battles for years and across many countries.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, a separate jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $930m after finding it had used Apple technology.<\/p>\n
That verdict is still being challenged by Samsung.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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