Samsung Pay to Apple $548 million against Patent infringement
New York: Samsung fought until the bitter end to avoid paying Apple, but the company now says it will finally hand over the more than $548 million it owes for infringing the patents and designs of its biggest smartphone rival . as per records federal court in San Jose, California on Thursday, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will make the payment by December 14 if Apple Inc sends an invoice on Friday. demanded if it had done so, Apple declined to comment on Friday. amount comes after a US appeals court last May reduced a $930 million judgment against Samsung by $382 million, stemming from a 2012 verdict for infringing Apple patents and copying the look of the iPhone.
In other matter over remaining damages relating to some of Samsung’s infringing products in the case is set to go ahead next spring.
Even though the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC had authorized damages to Apple in May, Samsung again appealed the final figure to the same court, and was rebuffed two times.
agreeing to pay, Samsung told the San Jose court that it expects to be reimbursed if it eventually succeeds in a forthcoming appeal to the US Supreme Court over its liability for copying the patented designs of the surface, bezel and user interface of the iPhone, which accounted for $399 million of the total compensation . South Korea-based Samsung also said it reserved the right to be reimbursed in the future if a decision by the US Patent and Trademark Office invalidating one of the Apple patents in the case, related to touch screen gestures, is upheld.
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