The award appeared to be a bit of a victory for Apple, which had argued in court that design was essential to the iPhone. Apple reasoned in court that design was so integral to the iPhone that it was the "article of manufacture" and worth all the money Samsung made by copying the features. The lower figure sought by the South Korean consumer electronics titan would have involved treating the design features as components. The key question of the value of design patents rallied Samsung supporters in the tech sector, and Apple backers in the creative and design communities. The case is one element of a $548 million penalty -- knocked down from an original $1 billion jury award -- Samsung was ordered to pay for copying iPhone patents.//AFP

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 25, 2018 07:52 UTC