Judge cuts Samsung payout to Apple

A US judge has erased nearly half of the $1bn in damages that a jury decided that Samsung Electronics should pay Apple in a high-profile trial over the smartphone and tablet computer patents.

US District Court judge Lucy Koh lowered the damages awarded to Apple by $450.5m, saying jurors had not properly followed her instruction in calculating some of the damages. The ruling reduced Samsung Electronics’ bill to just under $599m.