Samsung will Pay Apple around $120 Million for Patent Infringement

The jury of San Jose (California, USA) ruled on the Apple claim against Samsung: the Cupertino’s company won a small victory over South Korean manufacturer.

Recap: Apple and Samsung have accused each other of patent infringement in the mobile sphere. This, in particular, refers to elements of the user interface design of mobile devices, etc.

reuters.com

The jury found Samsung guilty of violating two Apple?s software patents. At the same time claims for two other patents were rejected. Now the South Korean manufacturer is obliged to pay the plaintiff $119.6 million, which is by one order less than those $ 2.2 billion Apple claimed for the damages.

At the same time, the court acknowledged the Samsung?s claim against Apple on one of the patents. Payments due to the South Korean company will amount to $158.4 thousand.

bitcoinexaminer.org

Samsung and Apple are the largest smartphones manufacturers. According to IDC, in the first quarter of 2014 Samsung shipped 85 millions of “smart” mobile devices, and the share of the South Korean manufacturer in the world market was 30.2 %. Apple took 15.5% of the market with 43.7 million smartphones sold.

Source:? 3dnews.ru