Samsung Electronics Co Ltd urged a US appeals court on Tuesday to find
that a jury in 2014 should not have made the South Korean company pay
nearly
$120 million to Apple Inc for infringing three patents.
Apple's
"quick links" patent, which accounts for more than $98 million (roughly Rs. 653 crores) of the
damages award, was the main focus in Samsung's latest effort to overturn
major court victories by the US technology company over the past two
years.
During more than an hour of highly technical arguments,
Samsung's attorney Kathleen Sullivan said Samsung did not use the same
technology as Apple to detect and link to specific data, such as phone
numbers, in its phones' Web browser and messenger applications.
Apple's
lawyer, William Lee, told the US Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit in Washington, the nation's top court specializing in patent
issues, that the jury's verdict was supported by "substantial evidence."
Two
of the three judges at the hearing seemed to question Apple's arguments
over the interpretation of the patent, which Sullivan said the appeals
court had already rejected in a separate case. But Lee cautioned against
accepting Samsung's theory, which was rejected by the jury.
In
court papers, Samsung also said the two other patents it was found to
have infringed are invalid, an argument Apple said should be rejected.
The companies have appeared at the court several times over the last two years.
The
latest appeal stems from the May 2014 verdict in a federal court in San
Jose, California ordering Samsung to pay $119.6 million for using
Apple's patented technology without permission. The three infringed
patents cover the iPhone's slide-to-unlock, autocorrect and quick links
features.
The same appeals court in September ruled that Apple
should have been awarded an injunction in the case, barring Samsung from
selling devices that infringe its patents. The court, however, said
Samsung could remove the patented features without recalling its
products.
In a separate lawsuit, Samsung on December 14 paid Apple
$548.2 million, part of what it owes for infringing different patents
and designs of the iPhone. Samsung is continuing to fight that case by
appealing part of the judgement to the US Supreme Court. Another trial
on further damages will be held in March.
The case is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 15-1171.
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