Jurors decided in federal court in the U.S. state of California to pay Samsung $ 1.05 billion to Apple's compensation for damages in intellectual property rights demanded by Apple in the lawsuit filed in the United States of America.
And Apple in its lawsuit accused Samsung using a number of Apple software and patent infringement number of designs.
The jury rejected claims Samsung accusing Apple's infringement of the rights of ownership of a number of patents registered in its name and demanded compensation for.
After this ruling, you may be asked Apple to ban the sale and use of some of the products deducted, Samsung, in the U.S. markets.
The two companies dominate more than half of sales of smartphones and tablet computers in the world markets.
Was surprised how quickly reached out to several government observers who were expecting the judicial proceedings take longer.
A flood of lawsuits
The iPhone manufacturer demanded a total of 2.5 billion dollars in compensation for the damages that it says resulted from the violation of human patents subsidiaries as well as other trade violations.
Samsung denied the accusations against her, and demanded the return of $ 519 million in compensation for what it says is Apple's encroachment on the rights of 5 patents belonging to it.
The jury in federal court in San Jose, California, consisting of nine people, considering the nearly 700 questions to examine allegations of each side of the dispute, which claim each violation of the intellectual property rights of the other party.
And Samsung's lawyers asked a period of time to study the ruling before being submitted in court has approved Apple on it. The judge gave Lucy Kuo quarter of an hour for both sides to prepare themselves for a decision.
There is a flood of litigation brought by manufacturers of mobile phones, however, seen this issue as one of the most important lawsuits so far in this area because of the size of the damage claims limbs occur.
It is expected to affect the outcome of this case on the way that will be dealt with patent rights in the future.
There are still a number of lawsuits between the two companies, continues to be considered in the courts in the United States, South Korea, Germany and Australia.