WASHINGTON - A US appeals court on Friday handed Apple a victory in one of its battles with rival Samsung, reinstating a $119.6 million verdict for the iPhone maker for patent infringement. Apple's lawsuit contends that Samsung infringed on patents for "slide to unlock" and autocorrection, among others. Friday's ruling said Samsung failed to prove that some of the Apple innovations were "obvious" and thus not able to be patented. Apple asked for an "en banc" rehearing of the case -- before all the appeals court judges -- following February's decision to toss out the award. Apple had sought some $2.2 billion at trial, only to have a jury award the California-based company $119.6 million.

Source: Bangkok Post October 07, 2016 17:03 UTC