U.S. Supreme Court sides with Samsung on appeal of iPhone patent infringement case worth $399 million

Briefing

March 7, 2017

Briefing	Unanimous Supreme Court Decision – U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of Samsung, deeming company is not liable to pay $399 million penalty for copying iPhone designs 2012 Lower Court Verdict – Made verdict in 2012 that Samsung infringed on Apple patents with Samsung paying $548 million to Apple for damages in December 2015 Samsung’s Appeal – Argued it should not pay total profits for products that infringed on iPhone patents as they only comprise small portion of products' thousands of patented features Historic Hearing – Supreme Court has not heard design patent case in more than 120 years
Accelerator	Mobile and Wearable Devices
Market Disruption	Intellectual Property
Sector	Information Technology
Organization	Apple Inc., Samsung, U.S. Supreme Court
Source	"US supreme court rules for Samsung in $399m patent dispute with Apple," The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/; Balakrishnan, A., "Supreme Court sides with Samsung in Apple patent damages dispute", CNBC, http://www.cnbc.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	December 6, 2016

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