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Samsung has had a lot of spats with Apple in the courts, but the Korean manufacturer's biggest loss was back in 2013, when it was fined for copying design elements from Apple's iPhone. The courts had ordered Samsung to pay $930 million in damages, but a new ruling by a U.S. appeals court has now asked a lower court to decrease the damage amount, saying that the “overall look of the iPhone can't be protected.”
According to Samsung, around $382 million will be knocked off the total amount. That still leaves $548 million that will go into Apple's treasury, though it's possible this value will change based on further appeals. However, with both companies having given up on all their lawsuits outside the U.S., it's possible the legal wars between the two giants won't be going on for much longer. Well, it has already been going on for almost half a decade, and we can only hope they come to some sort of conclusion instead of continuing to waste time in the courts.
Apple and Samsung haven't commented on the new ruling.
