Samsung argues against US$930m award to Apple

Washington

SAMSUNG Electronics Co urged a US appeals court to toss a US$930 million verdict won by Apple Inc, saying the South Korean company did not copy the iPhone's design and unique look and arguing that the damage award was too high.

"They awarded Samsung's total profit for all of these phones - this is absurd," Kathleen Sullivan, representing Samsung, told the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington on Thursday. "It's like awarding the profit of an enti…