The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Samsung in its ongoing patent case against fellow tech giant Apple.
A unanimous decision was made today following a two-month-long deliberation period, which came after Samsung filed an appeal against a decision to award Apple $1 billion (£789 million) in damages for violating patents.
The case began in 2011 when Apple sued Samsung over the alleged copying of a number of its patented hardware and software designs, including the use of a grid of icons and the rounded corners on the front of the iPhone.
Apple was ruled in favour of, and Samsung was forced to pay the company its complete profits from 19 products that were found to infringe on Apple patents ? a figure amounting to $548 million (£432 million). But Samsung fired back against the massive damages award in a case that went all the way highest federal court in the US ? the first time a design patent case has reached this level of America's justice system.
During the legal battle, Apple argued that the original ruling should stand as Samsung had not provided enough evidence to support its case.

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