Jury
Awards Apple $120M in Samsung Patent Case
That
sum was considerably less than the $2 billion-plus that Apple was requesting.
Samsung
Galaxy S III (T-Mobile)
A California jury on Friday awarded Apple $120 million in its patent case
against Samsung, but that sum was far smaller than the more than $2 billion
Cupertino was hoping to get from the Korean electronics maker.
Apple,
meanwhile, needs to hand over $158,400 to Samsung for an infringement of its
own. The trial began last month, and the jury deliberated for several days
before returning their verdict.
Apple's
winnings today pale in comparison to the $1.05 billion another California jury
awarded the company in Aug. 2012, a number that was eventually dropped to about
$900 million on appeal.
This
second patent case, which took place in the same court, covered devices that
could not be added to that earlier case due to timing.
Apple and Samsung have been fighting
since 2011, when Apple fired the first shot. The legal spat has since
expanded to courtrooms around the globe, and will likely not conclude for good
anytime soon.
Jurors
in this most recent case heard hours of testimony, including a deposition from Google
lawyer James Maccoun, who confirmed that Google offered to pay some of
Samsung's legal costs and damages if the Korean tech company lost to Cupertino.
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