Apple wins 1 billion dollars in Samsung patent case
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San Jose, California - A California jury awarded Apple Inc more than 1.05 billion dollars on Friday in its patent infringement claim that Samsung Electronics Co copied technology used in its iPad and iPhone.
The nine-member jury in a federal court in San Jose, California, found overwhelmingly in Apple's favour, saying Samsung had infringed on six of seven smartphone patents in question.
The US lawsuit was one of several cases around the world between California-based Apple and South Korean Samsung over technology rights and innovation in the fast-growing mobile computing sector.
The jury, which began deliberating Wednesday after a trial lasting more that three weeks.
Apple sued Samsung in April 2011, and Samsung countersued. The companies have also sued each other in Britain, Australia and South Korea. The California case was the first to go to a US jury.//DPA
