Like one of the scenes of the Grinch trying to cram every last bit of Christmas from Whoville in his sack, Apple strikes just before the holiday with a request to lighten the bank account of Samsung just a little bit more in their long-running patent battle. In a new court filing this week, Apple is asking the district court for another $180 in damages and interest.
Just a couple weeks ago, Samsung made a payment of more than half a billion dollars to settle the amounts outstanding from a 2012 jury ruling in the case. In the course of making that payment, Samsung reserved the right to “claw back” funds if it was later found that Apple was not really owed all of that money. Samsung’s basis for thinking not all of the damages were really owed is their belief that they will succeed in a new appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that they filed this month.
Samsung may be hopeful regarding the elimination of some of the damages based on previous attempts to limit the damage from the ruling. The jury had originally awarded Apple close to $1 billion. That amount was reduced to just over $500 million after an appellate court ruling earlier this year.
Apple is claiming that Samsung continued to sell some of the infringing products after the jury ruling in the original case. These sales deserve an additional damage award according to Apple since they infringed the patents.
source: Reuters
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