Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was on Thursday awarded US$539mln in damages by a US jury over a lawsuit with rival Samsung Electronics Co. over smartphone technology.
The US tech giant had sought US$1bn in damages in a retrial of a 2012 case, and South Korea’s Samsung had argued that it should pay only US$28mln.
The jury awarded Apple the bulk of the damages with respect to design patents, for which the jury said Samsung must pay $533.3mln.
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The remaining US$5.3mln was awarded for utility patents.
Samsung has previously paid US$399mln to compensate Apple for infringement of some of the patents at issue in the case.
Because of that credit, if the verdict is upheld on appeal it will result in Samsung making an additional payment to Apple of nearly US$140mln.
In a statement, Apple said it was pleased that the members of the jury "agree that Samsung should pay for copying our products."
The US firm added: "We believe deeply in the value of design. This case has always been about more than money."
In pre-market New York trading on Friday, Apple stock was up 0.3% at US$188.75.