Samsung will pay Apple $ 539 million for patent infringement

Today it became known that a California court decided to pay Apple $ 539 million. The reason is patent infringement, Vedomosti reports. The corporation will pay $ 533.3 million for infringement of patents for an industrial design and another $ 5.3 million - for violation of patents for an invention.

Initially, the amount of the claim by Apple was $ 1 billion. The American corporation claimed that Samsung earned so much on the use of patents not owned by the company. Therefore, Apple lawyers concluded, Koreans must pay all the proceeds from the sale of smartphones that use Apple solutions.

Although Samsung did not consider itself guilty, Samsung was ready to pay $ 28 million for settling the legal dispute. Representatives of the corporation argued that if something was “borrowed”, then this is only a small part of the smartphone, and not the entire device. wholly.
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“For us, the situation is wider than the question of money. Apple revolutionized smartphones with its iPhone, and the fact that Samsung copied our design is crying out. It is important that we continue to protect the serious work and innovation of many Apple employees, ”the press service of the American company said.

Litigation has continued between Apple and Samsung since 2011. The courts passed different decisions at different times, but they did not suit either of the parties. For this reason, companies are still being sued.