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Intellectual Property

Oct. 12, 2016

Apple-Samsung high court fight could yield design patent damages ruling

Apple Inc.'s bid to collect $399 million from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. provides the U.S. Supreme Court a rare opportunity to decide whether design patent holders can obtain enormous litigation awards.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc.'s bid to collect $399 million from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. provides the U.S. Supreme Court a rare opportunity to decide whether design patent holders can obtain enormous litigation awards.

The smartphone rivals will continue their long-running patent litigation saga with arguments before the nation's highest court Tuesday.

The key question for the justi...

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