Sunday, 24 November 2013

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Samsung paying £180m ($290m) to Apple

The Silicon Valley jury reported that Samsung has copied iPad and iPhone features for Samsung devices and it should pay $180m ($290m) to Apple.The judgement came when the previous jury said that Samsung should pay $1.05bn to Apple for copyright violation.

Lucy Koh, Judge of US district ordered a retrial. She said that there has been miscalculated in the amount that Samsung should pay for Apple.Report said that now Samsung is about to appeal.

Apple said that for them this case is not about money and patent rather it is about their hard work and innovation which is essential for them while innovating their products to their people and the people who love them.

Apple has argued that 26 Samsung devices are copied from them however the jury has declared only 13 from them. The claimed devices are older smartphones and tablets.