WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a $119.6 million jury verdict favoring Apple Inc. in a patent fight with Samsung Electronics Co., a ruling that comes just days before a bigger battle between the smartphone rivals at the Supreme Court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a Washington-based specialized federal court that handles patent appeals, ruled in Apple’s favor on issues related to three key smartphone functions, tossing out an earlier opinion by a three-judge panel of the same...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 07, 2016 18:11 UTC