US judge orders a new trial to settle the amount that Samsung should pay to Apple for copying iPhone design

A U.S. judge has ordered a new trial to determine how much Samsung Electronics Co should pay Apple Inc for copying the look of the iPhone. [caption id=“attachment_4168757” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Apple and Samsung logos. Reuters[/caption] U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California issued an order late on Sunday, 10 months after the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a $399 million award against Samsung for mimicking the iPhone’s look for its Galaxy and other devices. The Supreme Court said damages could be based only on parts of a device that may have infringed patents, not necessarily the entire device. Koh said the jury instructions at the Apple-Samsung trial “did not accurately reflect the law” and may have prejudiced Samsung by preventing jurors from considering whether any infringement covered “something other than the entire phone.” The $399 million is part of a $548 million payment that Samsung made to Apple in December 2015. Apple had argued that no new trial was warranted and that the $399 million award should be confirmed. It did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment. Samsung, in a statement, said it welcomed Koh’s order.