The case dates back seven years.Technology vs Style:Samsung, which had been ordered to pay $400 million, challenged the legal precedent that requires the forfeiture of all profits from a product even if only a single design patent has been infringed."This is a case that is focused on design, and the application of design paper trimmer manufacturers to smartphones," Apple attorney Joseph Mueller said in closing arguments.Determining whether the design features qualify as the "article of manufacture" will be key to whether jurors award the profit from all the Samsung phones involved, according to legal standards presented by the court.
The Supreme Court stopped short of delving into details of how the lower court should determine how much phone design components are worth when it comes to patent infringement violations.Jurors are set to return to a Silicon Valley courtroom to put a price on patented iPhone design features copied by Samsung in a legal case dating back seven years.Samsung won the backing of major Silicon Valley and other IT sector giants, including Google, Facebook, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, claiming a strict ruling on design infringement could lead to a surge in litigation.Justices ruled that Samsung should not be required to forfeit the entire profits from its smartphones for infringement on design components, sending the case back to a lower court."It is just saying it isnt required to pay profits on the whole phone..When one company copies a rivals design, that "is not a level playing field, and that is just not right," he contended."Samsung isnt saying it isnt required to pay profits," Samsung attorney John Quinn said during closing arguments. An original trial finding that Samsung violated Apple patents was followed by lengthy appellate duelling over whether design features such as rounded edges are worth all the money made from a phone.
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