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Apple, Samsung take battle to US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments over financial damages the South Korean smartphone giant Samsung owes Apple for allegedly violating design patents The epic legal battle pitting Apple against its bitter rival Samsung over the design of the iPhone reaches a new level Tuesday when it heads to the US Supreme Court.The high court is set to hear arguments over financial damages the South Korean smartphone giant owes Apple for allegedly violating design patents by producing copycats of its groundbreaking smartphone.Observers are watching the case closely to see how the court—which has not taken up a design patent case in more than a century—tips the balance between technological innovation and protecting intellectual property.

Apple and Samsung reach Supreme Court in patent row

Image copyright US PATENT OFFICE Image caption This carpet design from the 1800s has a direct connection to the row in Supreme Court on TuesdayTo find context ahead of Tuesday's showdown between Apple and Samsung in the US Supreme Court, you need to go back over a century to a row over some rather attractive carpets.It's 1885, and John and James Dobson stand accused of nicking designs from other carpet makers and selling them off as their own.A couple of companies, Hartford Carpet and Bigelow Carpet, were so incensed they took the Dobsons all the way to the highest court in the land.

Apple, Samsung fight heads to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a long-running patent case between Samsung and Apple.For years the two companies have been locked in a battle over claims that Samsung infringed on some of Apple's iPhone patents while making its own smartphones.ADVERTISEMENTA jury ruled in 2012 that Samsung had violated Apple's patents and awarded the Cupertino-based iPhone maker damages of more than $1 billion.

Apple vs Samsung patent case goes before US Supreme Court tomorrow

Apple vs Samsung patent case goes before US Supreme Court tomorrowThe long-running patent dispute between Apple and Samsung isn't quite over yet, with both companies set to go before the highest US court tomorrow to hash out a conflict over additional money owed to Apple.Samsung has already handed over $548.2 million to Apple, and tomorrow the company will attempt to argue that it shouldn't have to pay out all of the $399 million it owes for design patent infringement.As with most patent cases, the details can get a little convoluted, but in somewhat simple terms, the $399 million Samsung still owes Apple is based on three cases of design patent infringement.