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Intellectual Property

May 6, 2014

Jury denies Apple the major patent damages it sought against Samsung

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will only have to pay a fraction of the amount of damages Apple Inc. sought for infringing several of its patents, an eight-person jury determined late Friday.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will only have to pay a fraction of the amount of damages Apple Inc. sought for infringing several of its patents, an eight-person jury determined late Friday in the latest landmark trial between the global smartphone rivals.

The $119.6 million award, just more than 5 percent of the nearly $2.2 billion iPhone maker sought, is a relatively minor amount for the so-called smartphone legal wa...

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