In the long-running patent dispute between Apple and Samsung, Apple has won a victory that doesn't appear too damaging to Samsung, either. The iPhone maker was granted a motion to force changes to some patent-infringing Samsung phones, but the infringing devices have already long been retired.

Samsung says American consumers will not be impacted

The dispute between the companies focuses on features like autocorrect and slide-to-unlock used in phones such as the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus - older models that have already been taken out of circulation by Samsung. The motion for an injunction granted this week only affects those and similar d …

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Apple is once again seeking a sales ban on over 20 different Samsung smartphones and tablets that were found to violate its patents last year. Though such a ban was initially rejected, last month Apple was given another chance to argue for one when an appellate court vacated the earlier ruling. Apple filed its renewed request for a permanent injunction yesterday, arguing that Samsung's ability to sell the infringing devices puts a potential burden on its smaller lineup of smartphones and tablets. Though Samsung has ceased selling all of the devices in question - such as the Galaxy Tab and AT&T's Galaxy S II - Apple argues that a ban is still …

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The damages retrial for last year's Apple vs. Samsung legal battle recently wrapped, and new court documents reveal how much Cupertino paid its legal team to get its wins: over $60 million. The revelations come as Apple requests that Samsung reimburse a portion of those legal costs. According to recent court filings, Apple wants its rival to pay a third of that, coming out to more than $15.7 million in attorney's fees - and that's on top of the over $6.2 million in trial-related costs Samsung is already on the hook for.

Reimbursing attorney's fees isn't a given

Apple primarily employed two law firms for its case: Morrison & Foerster, LLP han …

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In the damages retrial between Apple and Samsung we've seen accusations of racial bias and claims that the iPad mini wasn't inspired by the success of 7-inch tablets, but now we have the only piece of information that matters. The jury has just reached its verdict, and decided that Samsung should pay Apple over $290 million for infringing on the company's patents.

Two juries have now awarded Apple a total of approximately $900 million

In August of last year a different jury found that Samsung was guilty of infringing Apple patents with a range of devices. Samsung had initially been ordered to pay Apple $1.049 billion in damages, but after fu …

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Attorneys for Apple and Samsung made their closing arguments today in the damages retrial intended to settle up how much Samsung should pay for last year's patent infringement verdict. However, a comment made by Apple attorney Harold McElhinny had Samsung's team arguing for a mistrial on the grounds that he was appealing to racial bias.

As reported by Reuters and CNET, one of the themes McElhinny touched upon was the importance of protecting intellectual property - a battle which he framed as having grand ramifications for both the US economy and the nature of innovation in Silicon Valley itself. He used the television manufacturing business …

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In a ruling delivered today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has given Apple another chance at halting sales of Samsung smartphones that infringe on its patents. The court has vacated District Court Judge Lucy Koh's earlier denial of Apple's request for a permanent injunction against 26 Samsung products found by a jury to infringe in the monumental 2012 trial. That means Cupertino's lawyers will have another chance at permanently ending sales of those devices in the long-running legal showdown.

The court has sent the issue back to Judge Koh with respect to Apple's technical utility patents, where she will have to …

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In front of a courtroom jury this morning, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller claimed that Samsung's patent infringement has weakened "the view that the world has for Apple." By copying the company's marquee iPhone and iPad products, Samsung has effectively diluted Apple's brand, Schiller argued. That's made it difficult for Cupertino's products to stand out, in turn leading consumers to "question our innovation and design skills in a way that people never used to," Schiller said. "As this [infringement] has been occurring, it's harder for us to get new customers and bring them into our ecosystem." Schiller recalled the first time he saw a …

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In August the International Trade Commission issued a ruling that banned the import of some older Samsung smartphones and tablets for violating Apple's patent portfolio. The White House had 60 days during which it could have stepped in to veto the decision, but according to multiple reports President Obama declined to do so - and the ban is now in effect.

The ITC ruling doesn't specify precisely which devices will be covered, but it has been established that older devices like the Galaxy S 4G, Fascinate, and Galaxy Tab do infringe. At issue are two Apple patents that cover scrolling behavior and a device's ability to detect when headphones …

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