Apple Wants $1 Billion From Samsung at Smartphone Retrial
- Galaxy-maker argues for limiting damages to $28 million
- Trial is last gasp of worldwide patent war dating to 2011
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Apple Inc. is seeking about $1 billion from Samsung Electronics Co. in another go-round stemming from a long-running smartphone patent-infringement dispute.
Jurors at the retrial before before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, learned at the outset that the South Korean company infringed three of Apple’s design patents and two utility patents. Their sole job, Apple lawyer Bill Lee said, is to determine what damages Apple can collect.