Apple has put a dollar figure on what it thinks its legal battle with Samsung is worth. Its filing reiterates its familiar position that Samsung’s strategy was to Apple products:
“Samsung adopted as its number one goal to [redacted]’ in the smartphone and tablet markets, and it chose to compete by copying Apple. Samsung’s infringing sales have enabled Samsung to overtake Apple as the largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world. Samsung has reaped billions of dollars in profits and caused Apple to lose hundreds of millions of dollars through its violation of Apple’s intellectual property.
Not only does Apple allege that the patent infringements have cost it some US$500 million in lost profits but it adds that Samsung earned “billions of dollars in profits” as as result. As a result, Apple expects Samsung to pay US$2.525 billion in damages covering both design and technology.
Apple has calculated royalties for each infringed patent. For example, US$2.02 per unit would cover the “overscroll bounce” technology covered in its ‘318 patent while an additional US$3.10 for the “scrolling API” ‘915 patent. It also wants US$24 per device for “design patents or or trade dress rights.”
Samsung quickly countered that Apple was trying “to stifle legitimate competition and limit consumer choice to maintain its historically exorbitant profits.”
Read more: Reuters and FOSS Patents