Samsung plans to ask the US Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a Californian federal jury’s stinging 2012 verdict that found the South Korean tech giant violated Apple’s iPhone patents.
Samsung has filed court papers to halt its ongoing patent feud with Apple while it presses its appeal to the nation’s high court.
The US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected Samsung’s earlier request to reconsider a ruling that largely backed Apple.
That part of the verdict – which has been pared from an original judgment of US$1 billion – accounts for about $400 million of the $548 million in damages Samsung still must pay Apple from their first trial.