The jury on the patent trial have ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion after ruling it had infringed several software and design innovations.

Samsung have announced that they intend to appeal the decision and have maintained that the decision will hurt both consumers are innovation.

There is a fear that the ruling will result in other companies ‘playing it safe’ with new innovations to avoid similar rulings.

Apple has indicated that it will seek a ban on eight phones at the heart of the dispute at the hearing in September.