News: Apple and Samsung return to a California court this week for another round in the blockbuster patent trial between the two biggest smartphone makers.
A jury trial opens Tuesday to reconsider damages awarded last year in the case stemming fromApple's allegation that its South Korean rival illegally copied technology from the iPhone and iPad.
The new trial became necessary after a judge cut some $450 million from a damage award of more than $1 billion to be paid by Samsung.
Judge Lucy Koh, in her ruling in March, affirmed the remainder of the award, amounting to $598.9 million. But a new trial must be held to reconsider some of the allegations.
Apple accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets and won the landmark case in a jury decision in August 2012. But the case has been on hold pending multiple appeals.
The California case is among several pending in courts and administrative agencies around the world between the two electronics giants, each of which accuses the other of infringing on its patents.
After years of following and refining the iPhone's pioneering innovations a strategy that resulted in bitter patent battles with Apple Samsung has dethroned its California-based rival to become the world's top smartphone maker.
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