In August 2012, a jury found Samsung guilty of infringing¹ six Apple patents and awarded one of the largest payouts of its kind on record.

 

The verdict and $1bn awarded in damages were seen as a massive victory for Apple.

 

This is just one of many patent cases the two companies are fighting in courtrooms across the world.

 

In March 2013, a judge re-examined the $1bn awarded to Apple and reduced the amount saying the damages would need to be assessed at a new trial.

 

Judge Lucy Koh said the original jury in the court in California had incorrectly calculated part of the damages.

 

The judge said that $550m of the award had been worked out in the proper manner but she ordered that the remaining $450m be reassessed.

 

That $450m could be increased or lowered meaning that Apple could conceivably end up with more than the original $1bn awarded at the first trial.

 

Apple had originally sought $2.5bn in damages from Samsung.

 

It argued that the South Korean company had copied its designs for the bodies of the original iPhone and iPad as well as user-interface elements such as the bounce-back response when a person scrolls² beyond the end of list and tap-to-zoom.

 

Samsung argued it was already working on rounded rectangular handsets dominated by a screen and a single button months before the iPhone was revealed. It sought $519m in damages from Apple.

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