http://www.techtimes.com/articles/53851/20150519/appeals-court-rules-samsung-copied-apples-iphone-designs-patents-apple.htm
Samsung may not end up having to pay the entire $930 million in damages awarded to Apple in a 2013 patent case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found that the California court that handled the case may have to reconsider up to $382 million of that money. The case was filed by Apple in 2011, with the company accusing Samsung of copying a number of patents related to the design of its smartphones. Apple won the trial in 2012, and was awarded a whopping $1.05 billion. In 2013, the courts took off $450.5 million from those damages, but awarded Apple an extra $290.5 million later in the year. In the end, the total came to $930 million.
As was expected, Samsung appealed the decision. The court of appeals has found that while the patents related to design were infringed upon, those related to trade dress – how products are packaged and presented – were not. "We therefore vacate the jury's damages awards against the Samsung products that were found liable for trade dress dilution and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion," reads the ruling from the court of appeals.