Apple fails to get its legal fees paid

Apple may have been awarded $1 billion in its dispute with Samsung but a judge has ruled the company cannot claim for its legal fees.

Andrey Bayda

Apple has failed in its efforts to force Samsung to pay its legal fees for a patent infringement dispute. The company had argued that, since it was awarded $1 billion, Samsung should pay its legal costs. However, Samsung, which was found to have copied aspects of Apple's iPhone design, said the breach of iPhone's design was not exceptional and it should not be expected to pay Apple's costs.

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