The earliest legal disputes between Apple and Samsung Electronics can be traced back to 2011, when Apple sued Samsung, claiming that Samsung’s 5 Android phones sold between 2010 and 2011 infringed Apple’s design patents.
In 2012, Samsung admitted to infringing Apple’s design patents, but the two companies have not reached a settlement on the compensation amount for the past six years.
Samsung insists that the amount of the compensation should only involve the part of the iPhone design patent that was copied, while Apple believes that the amount of the compensation should be calculated based on the value of the entire iPhone.
In May of this year, the court stood on the side of Apple and ordered Samsung Electronics to pay Apple $539 million. Samsung was dissatisfied with this decision and filed an appeal on June 11. However, Samsung has now withdrawn all related to the case. Litigation, because a settlement has been reached.