Samsung’s most recent appeal in the 2012 iPhone patent suit has been rejected, the San Jose Mercury News reports. On Thursday, the U.S.
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Samsung’s request to re-examine the verdict that had ruled the company violated Apple’s iPhone patents — a verdict that had originally resulted in a judgement of more than $1 billion against Samsung (that award was later reduced). The appellate court upheld the core of Apple’s case against Samsung, essentially confirming the judgement that the South Korean company’s smartphones and tablets violated Apple’s iPhone patent rights.
Other major Silicon Valley companies such as Google, Facebook, and Hewlett-Package had also backed Samsung’s appeal. This decision leaves an appeal to the U.S.