A multi year long court case between Apple and Samsung concluded Thursday, PC Mag reported. In a second ruling to determine the remainder of Samsung's $450 million bill for illegally using five Apple patents, the South Korean company was left with $290 million to pay. In total, they owe Apple $890 million.
The first court ruling in August of 2012 sided with Apple for just over $1 billion. Later, a judge legitimized only $600 million and ordered a new trial to determine the remaining $450 million, according to The New York Times. Apple was willing to settle for $380, but Samsung didn't feel it should spend more than $52 million. A verdict of $290 million was reached on day three of the five-day trial, according to PC Mag.
Apple's chief argument was that it lost hundreds of million of dollars in sales because of customers who switched to Samsung and their stolen technology. To demonstrate those missed opportunities went to Samsung and not other companies, Apple lawyer Harold J. McElhinny presented an internal Samsung document in which an employee admitted a "two-horse race" between them and Apple.
Using Apple research surveys and other sources, Samsung showed that customers bought its products for reasons like larger screens, longer battery life, and close integration with Google - and not because of the technology it borrowed from Apple, PC World reported.
Apple's arguments were more convincing. Still, Samsung has a 32 percent share of the global market compared to 12 percent for Apple, according to PC World.
The smart phone competitors will battle in court again in March 2014 to dispute other patent violations, The New York Times reported.
