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Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $539 Million

Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $539 Million


A patent battle has been going on between Samsung and Apple for the past seven years, and it has cost Samsung quite a little sum. The two smartphone manufacturers have been fighting over five patents that are owned by Apple, and Apple has claimed that Samsung has infringed on its intellectual property. The lawsuit between the two tech giants began after Samsung launched its Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy S 4G and the Droid Charge.

Over the course of seven years, multiple hearings have been held for the five patent infringements. Previously a court decided that Samsung violated two utility patents owned by Apple, and was ordered to pay $5.3 million USD. The biggest part of the lawsuit revolves around three design patents, which include a device with a black front, rounded rectangular corners, similarly curved surrounding bezels, and a colorful grid of icons.

Apple originally sought just over $1 billion USD in compensation for the patent infringements, however a court settled on $399 million USD in 2015. This sum included the prior $5.3 million paid by Samsung, and a recent decision ordered the South Korean tech company to pay Apple $140 million – reaching a total of $539 million.

In a statement released by Apple, they said they were pleased that the jurors “agree that Samsung should pay for copying our products. We believe deeply in the value of design. This case has always been about more than money.