Apple asks court to make Samsung pay $180 mn more

Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs of the iPhone, Apple has asked a US court to force its biggest smartphone rival to cough up even more.

In court papers filed on Wednesday, Apple Inc said Samsung Electronics Co Ltd owes nearly $180 million in supplemental damages and interest.

These further damages relate to five Samsung devices that infringed Apple's patents and were sold after a 2012 jury verdict finding Samsung liable in the dispute. epresentatives for Samsung and Apple could not immediately be reached for comment.

The long-running dispute dates back to 2011, when Apple sued Samsung alleging the South Korean electronics company violated its patents and copied the look of the iPhone. After the 2012 verdict, Samsung was ordered to pay $930 million to Apple.

In May a US appeals court stripped about $382 million from that total, saying Cupertino, California-based Apple could not protect the phone's appearance through trademarks. Samsung paid Apple the bulk of the judgment, $548.2 million, on December 14.

In a case that has come to epitomise the global smartphone war, Apple and Samsung have more battles ahead.

Another trial over remaining damages related to the appeals court decision is set to go ahead next March in San Jose, California federal court.

Samsung has also appealed the case to the US Supreme Court. The company said Apple was compensated far more than it deserved for patents on designs of the iPhone's front face, bezel and application icons.

The high court must first decide whether or not to accept the case for review.

The case is Apple Inc v Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 11-cv-1846.
CASE FILE

• Apr 15,'11: Apple sues Samsung in the US courts for patent infrinngment of the design and trade dress of its iPhone and iPad
• Dec 3,'11: Judge denies Apple's request to ban Samsung smartphones in the US
• Jul 18,'12: USPTO awards Apple with patents covering the graphical user interfaces that Apple designed for its multi-touch devices
• Aug 24,'12: Jury awards Apple with $1.05 bn in damages
• Aug 31,'12: Apple files a second lawsuit asserting Samsung's new products infringed 17 other patents
• Dec 17,'13: Apple's motion for permanent injunction against Samsung Galaxy products denied
• Mar 1,'13: Judge reduces the $1.05 bn award to Apple to &598.9 mn
• Nov 21,'13: Jury rules Samsung must pay an additional $290 mn
• Mar 6,'14: Court finalises the $929.8 mn damage award to Apple but denies Apple's request for sales ban against some Samsung smartphones
• Dec 5 '15: Samsung to pay $548 mn to Apple after a US appeals court last May reduced a $930-million judgment against Samsung by $382 million