Jury set to decide what Samsung owes Apple

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Silicon Valley jury asked a judge for calculators Tuesday to help it determine how much Samsung Electronics owes Apple for copying key features of the iPhone and iPad.

The federal judge presiding  over the patent trial granted the jury’s request Tuesday before the smartphone rivals’ lawyers delivered their closing arguments. The one-week trial is being held to determine damages for 13 of the 26 devices an earlier jury said Samsung infringed Apple’s patents in making.

Apple Inc. is demanding $380 million. Samsung counters that it only owes $52 million for using features such as “pinch-to-zoom” in the 13 older-generation products.

The jury is expected to begin deliberating Tuesday afternoon.

An earlier jury found Samsung had infringed Apple’s patents in making and selling 26 products and awarded Apple $1.05 billion. But U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that the jury miscalculated damages for 13 products. The two companies have each won and lost legal skirmishes over the past couple of years, and analysts predict continued litigation for months to come.