Samsung Seeks to Evade $120 Million Verdict Due In Apple’s Second iPhone Infringement Trial
Samsung has asked a U.S. appeals court to overturn a jury’s $120 million verdict related to Samsung’s alleged infringement of some of Apple’s patents found on iPhones, reports AppleInsider.
“Apple had originally identified eight primary patents it said Samsung had infringed across at least 17 products, but U.S. courts determined that the country’s judicial system didn’t have the resources to consider the volumes of evidence involved in such a massive patent infringement case, and subsequently narrowed Apple’s trial down to a token hearing,” AppleInsider reports.
“While the jury eventually found Samsung had willfully infringed Apple’s patents, it returned nonsensical damage royalties that awarded Apple $52 million related to Samsung’s Galaxy S3 infringement, but zero for the company’s earlier Galaxy SII, a decision that was so inept that presiding Judge Lucy Koh demanded that the jury either determine the product to be non-infringing or supply a reasonable royalty,” the report continues.
