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Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $119.6 million

The legal battles between Samsung and Apple is like one between Batman and Joker; its not going to end anytime soon. Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents. The "slide to unlock" feature was one of those under scrutiny. A jury in California delivered its verdict in a federal court in San Jose on Friday in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants. During the month-long trial, Apple accused Samsung of violating patents on smartphone features. The court also ruled that Apple infringed Samsung's patents and awarded $158,000 in damages. Apple had sought $2.2bn after accusing Samsung of infringing five of its patents covering functions such as the "slide to unlock" from its devices. Samsung denied any wrongdoing and sought $6m after arguing Apple had infringed two of its smartphone patents related to camera use and video transmission. ...