Contrary to some speculation that Samsung may have timed its formal request for a Supreme Court review of its first patent battle to specifically avoid paying the $548 million in damages it was order to produce by December 14, court records show the amount as indeed sent to Apple -- though if the Korean manufacturer is successful in its latest appeal, Apple could conceivably have to pay back the money. The award, down to about half the original $1.1 billion jury award for the copying, has been whittled down through numerous appeals and recalculations.
