The U.S. Supreme Court backs Samsung in its smartphone patent fight with Apple. The court decided that Samsung does not have to pay a penalty of 399 million USD to Apple for copying key iPhone designs. The 8-0 ruling held that a patent violator does not always have to fork over its entire profits from the sales of products using stolen designs, if the designs covered only certain components and not the whole thing.
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