Samsung has filed an appeal with the the U.S. District Court over to reconsider the damages awarded in a long-standing patent infringement dispute with rival Apple.
The US District Court originally ruled that Samsung had infringed both design and utility patents, as well as damaging its trade dresses, relating to the visual appearance of the product. It awarded Apple damages of $930 million after a jury found that Samsung infringed Apple’s design and utility patents last month. Samsung has now approached the Court of Appeals and a 12 judge roster to rehear its case, claiming that the 3 judge setup used earlier this year failed to adequately rule on the case.
In papers filed with the court Samsung’s lawyers argue that “Unlike rugs, spoons, and simple mechanical objects, smartphones incorporate hundreds or thousands of different patented technologies, and it is undisputed here that Apple’s design patents claim only partial, minor features of such devices.”
Samsung is asking the court to review the decision “en banc,” a court session where a case is heard by all judges of the court. The previous decision by the three-judge panel, had upheld an award of all of Samsung’s profits from the infringing products even though the patented designs are only minor features of those products, according to the filing.