A Californian jury found both Apple and Samsung guilty of patent infringement over each other’s smartphones, in a mixed verdict that gave the iPhone maker a marginal victory over its Korean rival.
The jury on Friday awarded Apple less than $120m in damages for three patents infringed by Samsung, far below the $2bn the California-based company had sought from a total of five patents at issue.
The San Jose jury also decided that some iPhones and iPods infringed one of two patents asserted by Samsung, marking a rare defeat for Apple in its home state. Apple must pay just $158,400 in damages to Samsung, which had demanded millions of dollars.