HIGHLIGHTS The global patent battle started seven years ago Samsung infringed three of Apple’s design patents The case has always been about more than money: Apple Apple won $539 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crores) from Samsung Electronics Co. in the final throes of the companies’ US court struggle over smartphone technology, seven years after the start of a global patent battle. Apple sought about $1 …

Electronics firm Hewlett Packard Corporation (HPE) has been presented $3bn (£2.26bn) in damages in a criminal dispute with software giant Oracle. The row took place due to the fact Oracle reneged on a contractual agreement to hold making software that ran on excessive–stop Itanium chips. The courtroom conflict over the settlement turned into settled in 2012 but the damages HPE …