Jury Tells Samsung to Pay Apple $539 Million in iPhone Patent Dispute

The long-running patent dispute between Apple and Samsung took a turn in Cupertino’s favour on May 24, as a federal jury in San Jose, Calif., decided that Samsung needs to pay $539 million to Apple for infringing on five patents involving mobile phone design.

A Jury on Thursday decides that in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone’s features to lure people into buying its competing products. The verdict is latest twist in a legal battle that began in 2011.

The unanimous decision, in the US District Court in San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, is just about halfway between what the two largest mobile phone makers had sought in a high-profile case that reaches back to 2011.

when the Apple accused Samsung of violating its design patents with Android phones the latter company had released. A jury sided with Apple in 2012, awarding the company $1 billion. Upon appeal, that judgment was cut down to $539 million.

Samsung successfully argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the way damages were assessed in the case should be reconsidered, which is what this latest trial was all about. which reported on today’s verdict, Apple had been asking for $1.07 billion, while Samsung argued that it should only have to pay $28 million.

An eight-member jury came up with the new amount following a one-week trial and four days of deliberation in U.S. District Court in San Jose.

Apple expressed gratitude to the jury for agreeing “that Samsung should pay for copying our products.”

“This case has always been about more than money,” a company statement said. “Apple ignited the smartphone revolution with iPhone and it is a fact that Samsung blatantly copied our design.”