Samsung has agreed to pay Apple $548 million in the pair’s ongoing patent infringement dispute after Samsung’s request to have the damages amount reviewed was denied.
According to documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Northern California, Samsung said the money will be delivered to Apple by December 14, within 10 days of its expected receipt of an Apple invoice today.
But the payment doesn’t mean Samsung has given up hope of a favorable outcome.
Samsung said in its payment statement that it “reserves all rights to reclaim or obtain reimbursement of any judgment amounts paid by Samsung to any entity in the event the partial judgment is reversed, modified, vacated or set aside on appeal or otherwise.”
This may prove especially pertinent given there are currently proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to the patents in the case, and, as noted in Thursday’s court documents, one of Apple’s relevant patents has been ruled invalid by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Apple is currently in the process of appealing that decision.
Samsung’s payment to Apple is just the latest twist in a legal battle that has been ongoing since Apple took Samsung to court for alleged patent infringement in 2011.
A California jury initially ruled in Apple’s favor, saying Samsung had infringed on Apple’s patents in 23 products, and ordered the South Korean company to pay Apple $1.049 billion in damages. That number was later reduced to $930 million, but an appeal led to the reconsideration of $382 million of that amount, leaving Samsung liable for $548 million in the short term.
A new trial scheduled for next year will determine whether the remaining $382 million in damages will stand.