FINAL OUTCOME
Settled (US)
SETTLED · Settled
A US jury sided with Apple, but the companies settled before the verdict became final, ending a seven-year fight on undisclosed terms. Proceedings in other countries are not included here.
- Original
- Apple iPhone · Unknown
- Compared
- Samsung Electronics Galaxy smartphones · Unknown
- Launch gap
- Gap unknown
- Alleged
- Product shape, UI
- Licence
- Unknown
- Rights
- Design right, Patent
Look at how it actually ended, not at how alike it looks. An allegation is not a finding.
ALLEGATION → RESPONSE → DECISION → OUTCOME
Allegation
Apple (2011~2012) — Claimed Samsung infringed iPhone design and utility patents [Design right, Patent] · SiliconANGLE (C)
Company response
Nothing confirmed
Court / agency decision
U.S. District Court, N.D. California · Jury retrial · 2018-05 — Claim upheld
U.S. District Court, N.D. California · Settlement and dismissal · 2018-06-27 — Settled
Final outcome
SETTLED — Ended by settlement, no final ruling
SIMILARITY MATRIX
What was said to be alike, item by item
- Launch
- Unknown → Unknown · Gap unknown
- Product shape
- Similarity alleged — Design patents on the exterior
- UI
- Similarity alleged — Interface-related patents
- Logo
- Different
- Licence
- Unknown
- Legal conclusion
- Settled (US)
No automatic image-similarity score is used; looking alike is not legal infringement. Official images are added once usage rights are confirmed.
TIMELINE
In order
- 2011~2012 LEGALApple alleges design and utility patent infringement · SiliconANGLE (C)
- 2018-05 LEGALJury verdict $539m · SiliconANGLE (C)
- 2018-06-27 OUTCOMESettled and dismissed (terms undisclosed) · World IP Review (C)
LEGAL PROCESS
Each decision and its reasons
U.S. District Court, N.D. California · Jury retrial
2018-05 · Design right, Patent · Claim upheld · SiliconANGLE (C)
- Jury awarded Apple $539m (Samsung had already paid $399m)
Awarded Jury verdict $539m (settled before finality)
U.S. District Court, N.D. California · Settlement and dismissal
2018-06-27 · Design right, Patent · Settled · World IP Review (C)
- Dismissed with prejudice after settlement; terms not disclosed
Reasons are short paraphrases of the cited source only.
UNKNOWN
Left blank for lack of a source
- Settlement terms
- Outcomes in Korea and elsewhere
- Any licence
No “saved R&D cost” estimate is made without real data.
SOURCES
Checked 2026-10-08. Not legal advice. Know of an error or a later ruling? Tell us.