Anchor: The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Samsung Electronics and ruled that damages awarded to Apple for copying three iPhone designs were too large. The Supreme Court returned the case to the lower court to recalculate the amount of damages.
Our Kim In-kyung has more.
 
Report: Apple has alleged that Samsung Electronics infringed on three iPhone design patents: its rounded corners, bezels and the colorful grid of icons on the home screen.
 
Samsung paid 399 million dollars to its American rival after a lower court ruling that sided with Apple.
 
The amount is equal to all of the profits Samsung made from sales of the infringing smartphones.
 
The South Korean firm appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that it isn't fair to turn over the entire profits for infringing on just three patents when more than 200-thousand patents are involved in manufacturing smartphones.
 
The Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted Samsung's argument and returned the case to the lower court to recalculate the amount of damages, bringing Samsung a step closer to getting some of the money back.
 
The top court decided that the amount of damages paid by Samsung was too large as the patents cover only certain components. 
Kim In-kyung, KBS World Radio News.