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Apple gets $290.45m in Samsung retrial

San Jose - A US jury on Thursday awarded Apple $290.45m in a damages retrial against Samsung Electronics, the latest battle in global patent litigation between the two mobile giants.

The verdict was announced in a San Jose, California, federal court. Apple had requested $379.8m, while Samsung argued that it should have to pay $52.7m.

Representatives for Apple and Samsung could not immediately be reached after the verdict was announced.

Apple and Samsung have been fighting in the courts for over two years. Last year, Apple was awarded over $1bn after it convinced a jury that Samsung copied various iPhone features - like using fingers to pinch and zoom on the screen - along with design touches like the phone's flat, black glass screen.

In March US District Judge Lucy Koh upheld about $600m of that verdict but ordered a retrial on the rest, ruling that the previous jury had made some errors in its calculations.

Samsung manufactures phones that use the Android operating system, which is developed by Google.

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