Apple awarded $539m in US patent case against Samsung

[Gerald]

A US court has ordered South Korea's Samsung Electronics pay $539m (£403m) in damages for copying features of Apple's original iPhone.

The jury's decision is the latest step in a long-running legal battle between the world's top smartphone makers.

It began in 2011 when Apple argued Samsung had infringed on some patents.

Apple was awarded $1.05bn in damages a year later but the rivals have fought over the final amount ever since.

In the latest court ruling, most of the damages payment - $533.3m - was awarded for infringing three Apple design patents. The remainder was for violating two patented functions.

In a statement, Apple said it was pleased that the members of the jury "agree that Samsung should pay for copying our products."

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Quite right with a claim for damages with a relatively high sum.