A San Jose jury ruled on Thursday that Samsung owes Apple an additional $290 million in damages for infringing on several of Apple's patents, according to multiple reports.
Apple was previously awarded just more than $1 billion in damages from Samsung in a closely watched patent trial last summer, but the judge in that case later ruled that some $450 million of the $1 billion was miscalculated, forcing a retrial.
The ruling is seen as a victory for Apple, which was looking for a reward of $380 million in the retrial. Samsung argued that Apple should only be entitled to $52 million. The Associated Pressnotes that Samsung is expected to appeal this verdict. The two companies are also slated to have another trial in March related to newer products.
Apple has been embroiled in patent disputes with Samsung and other mobile device makers in recent years as part of late CEO Steve Jobs' so-called "thermonuclear war" against Google's Android operating system and its manufacturing partners.
Apple stock ended the day up just more than 1% following the news.
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