Calvin Klein, Dieter Rams, Norman Foster, and over 100 of the world's leading design professionals have filed an amicus brief in support of Apple in a longstanding patent lawsuit against Samsung.
Apple was awarded nearly $1 billion in damages in 2012 after Samsung was found to have copied the "look and feel" of the iPhone, but a significant part of the decision was reversed in 2015, leaving Samsung owing $548 million. The patent lawsuit was initially filed in 2011 and has since made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Apple is fighting for it to stay.
The design professionals, which have collectively provided services to Apple, Samsung, American Airlines, AT&T, Calvin Klein, Citibank, Coca-Cola, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, The Harvard Endowment, Herman Miller, Hewlett Packard, Google, IBM, Knoll, Lenovo, LG, Louis Vuitton, Mobil Oil, Motorola, the New York Stock Exchange, NASA, Nike, Pfizer, Polaroid, Porsche, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Target, Whirlpool, and Xerox and many others, believe that Apple was entitled to the full amount of damages, citing the importance of industrial design.
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