Samsung notches a victory in latest court battle with Apple

We have a winner in the latest legal go-round involving Apple and Samsung, who just slugged it out in the Supreme Court. In the seemingly interminable patent battle between the tech behemoths, this round goes to Samsung with the high court saying Samsung’s patent violations against Apple only pertain to smartphone components, and not the whole phone, which is the outcome Apple was ultimately hoping for.
It’s a pretty big win for Samsung, which was already struggling this year after some of its Note 7 phones started bursting into flames and a number of their clothes washers grenaded during the spin cycle, losing their tops and injuring some owners – something that will likely spawning a few more legal claims against it.
Samsung was up against a billion dollars or so in penalties if they lost the case, but industry watchers think that that figure could drop to $400 million or so, depending on how the U.S. Court of Appeals handles the case following the Supreme Court’s decision. Stay tuned.
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