Samsung plans to appeal Apple patent loss to Supreme Court

Samsung Electronics plans a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for infringing Apple patents.

The electronics giant said in a court filing on Wednesday that it plans to ask the country's highest court later this year to take up the case, in which Samsung is arguing a Silicon Valley jury erred in a 2012 verdict that left it with a hefty legal bill and massive fines.

Samsung's move comes a week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Samsung's latest request for a re-hearing of the case.

After that decision, an appeal to the Supreme Court is Samsung's final move in the battle, which has seen the two companies in and out of courtrooms for the last few years

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