Apple Fights Samsung at U.S. High Court as Smartphone Wars Wane/2016-10-13

Apple Fights Samsung at U.S. High Court as Smartphone Wars Wane

( Apple Fights Samsung at U.S. High Court as Smartphone Wars Wane ) - The end of the smartphone wars is almost here.Six years after Apple Inc. filed its first lawsuit alleging unauthorized copying of the iPhone, the company will square off at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday against rival Samsung Electronics Co.They will argue over how much of a $399 million patent infringement award Samsung must pay.
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U.S. Supreme Court struggles over Apple, Samsung patent feud

( U.S. Supreme Court struggles over Apple, Samsung patent feud ) - The fierce, big-money patent fight between Apple and Samsung left the U.S. Supreme Court groping for a solution on Tuesday, as the justices puzzled over how to discern the value of individual design elements in a complex product like an iPhone.The eight justices heard arguments in Samsung's bid to pare back $399-million (U.S.) of $548-million it paid Apple in December following a 2012 jury verdict finding that it infringed Apple's iPhone patents and copied its distinctive appearance in making the Galaxy and other competing devices.The $399-million penalty stemmed specifically from Samsung's violation of three Apple patents on the design of the iPhone's rounded-corner front face, bezel and colourful grid of icons that represent programs and applications.
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Supreme Court raises doubts about $399M judgement against Samsung

( Supreme Court raises doubts about $399M judgement against Samsung ) - Sam Hananel, The Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court raised serious doubts Tuesday about a $399 million judgment against smartphone maker Samsung for illegally copying parts of the patented design of Apple's iPhone.Justices hearing arguments in the long-running dispute seemed troubled that Samsung was ordered to pay all the profits it earned from 11 phone models, even though the features at issue are just a tiny part of the devices.But some justices struggled over how exactly a jury should be told to compute damages if the case is sent back to a lower court.
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