The yesterday's award comes instead of USD 450 million in damages originally awarded in the landmark suit, but thrown out by a judge. It is in addition to nearly USD 600 million in patent infringement damages upheld from the trial last year.
Apple has accused its South Korean rival of massive and wilful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets and won the landmark case in a jury decision in August 2012. But the case has been on hold pending multiple appeals.
The six-woman, two-man jury in Koh's courtroom in San Jose, California, reached a verdict yesterday on the third day of deliberations.
The panel was sent back to the jury room to wait while rival lawyers and the judge checked the verdict to see if there are questions or concerns before entering it into the record.
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Even though Apple won the landmark case last year, this has not had much impact on the new smartphones hitting the market, though the California maker of the iPhone is seeking injunctions to bar some Samsung products from being sold in the United States.
After years of following and refining the iPhone's pioneering innovations - a strategy that resulted in bitter patent battles with Apple - Samsung has dethroned its California-based rival to become the world's top smartphone maker.
Samsung extended its lead over Apple in the global smartphone market in the third quarter, according to surveys.
The South Korean electronics giant increased its market share by nearly half a percentage point to 31.4 per cent, according to the IDC survey. Apple sold 33.8 million iPhones in the quarter, but its growth was slower than the overall market, so its share slipped to 13.1 per cent from 14.4 per cent a year ago.
In a separate legal battle, the US International Trade Commission in August blocked imports of some older model Samsung mobile devices in response to Apple's complaints on patent violations.
The Obama administration, which had a final review in the case, upheld the decision in October.