When Apple won big at the conclusion of a patent infringement trial with rival firm Samsung back in August 2012, the amount which the California court awarded the iPhone maker – just over a billion dollars – caused the eyes of a fair few industry observers to temporarily bulge in amazement.The Korean tech company had been accused of “slavishly copying” a number of software and design features relating to Apple’s iDevices, with the jury, having decided 26 Samsung products had infringed a total of six Apple patents, ruling heavily in favor of the Cupertino company.Since then, however, Samsung has been steadily chipping away at the size of the penalty, with various appeals succeeding in reducing the amount of money it’s been ordered to hand over to Apple.A big victory for the Korean firm came in March this year when Judge Lucy Koh, who presided over the original case in 2012, ruled that the jury had erroneously calculated $400 million of the awarded damages relating to 13 Samsung products. As a result, Koh arranged for a new trial to determine the correct amount. That trial started Wednesday.Latest trialWhile $600 million must still be paid by Samsung, it could drastically reduce its… Read full this story
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