Copyright War: Apple wins Samsung in US Patent Lawsuit

According to a post by Independent UK, Apple has won a case in the US against Samsung after the US tech giant accused its Korean rival of copying patented smartphone features.

Below is the post.

Apple has won a landmark case in the US against Samsung, after the US tech giant accused its Korean rival of copying patented smartphone features.

Apple sued over Samsung’s duplication of a handful of distinctive iPhone features for which Apple holds patents: the flat screen, the rounded rectangle shape of the phone, and the layout of icons on the screen.

The two firms have been locked in battle since 2011, and Samsung was found liable for having copied Apple’s products in 2012 and ordered to pay $399m (£299m). However, the firms were forced to undergo a retrial over damages, which ended in five days of jury deliberations.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/apple-Samsung-iPhone-patent-lawsuit-a8368501.html