It appears that the long and bloody court battle between Samsung and Apple hit a wall today when the US Supreme Court refused to hear Samsung’s appeal of a ruling that awarded Apple $120 million. Before we get into the ruling, let’s backtrack a bit and establish some context. Back in May 2014, a San Jose, California federal court ruled that Samsung infringed several Apple patents that allowed for several popular iPhone features, such as slide-to-unlock, autocorrect, and the ability for information like addresses and phone numbers to automatically turn into links. As a result of the ruling, Samsung needed to cough up $119.6 million. That verdict was eventually overturned by the Federal Circuit, but it was then reinstated in October 2016 by that same court. Expectedly, Samsung appealed the decision to the next highest court – the US Supreme Court. In the appeal, Samsung stated that the Federal Circuit, which specifically deals with patents, made the dec...