class=”autor” EFE / Seoul Samsung Electronics on Friday expressed “disappointment” and expressed intention to appeal the verdict of a jury in the United States condemning the South Korean technology giant to pay $ 290 million (215 million euros) to Apple for copying iPhone features.
“We are disappointed by today’s decision, based largely on a patent that the Patent and Trademark Office U.S. recently considered valid,” said Samsung Electronics in a brief statement.
In the document, the South Korean firm said it will appeal the decision of the U.S. court.
“As we move forward with our actions and resources after the trial, continue to innovate,” the statement Samsung Electronics , without giving further details about upcoming lawsuits.
verdict against the South Korean company was issued Thursday by a jury in San Jose (California), in a repeat of a trial held last year.
new court decision to raise $ 890 million the total amount that Samsung must pay Apple under its patent war in the United States because it was the first company and the second about 600 million dollars for a trial.
In August 2012 a California court ruled that Samsung had violated five patents in technology and design to Apple and ordered him to pay $ 1,050 million.
However, in March this year, the federal judge Lucy Koh judged invalid part corresponding to about 450 million dollars in finding that the jury erred in its calculations about 13 patents, and ordered a retrial in relation that amount.
this continued outstanding by Samsung $ 600 million to the 290 million of the judgment would be added today.
two major manufacturers of smartphones in the world are pending another trial next March to consider the complaint that Apple copied its technology also other smart devices launched by Samsung, Galaxy S3 as and Note 2.
Apple and Samsung
maintained since 2011 a legal war with Crossed patent violation accusations, which already has more than 50 lawsuits in a dozen countries.
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