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A US jury awarded Apple Inc about $290m in a damages retrial against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, restoring a large chunk of a landmark verdict the iPhone maker won last year. Apple had requested $379.8m, while Samsung argued that it should have to pay $52.7m. Apple and Samsung have been fighting in the courts for over two years. Apple was awarded over $1b last year after it convinced a jury that Samsung copied various iPhone features - like using fingers to pinch and zoom on the screen - along with design touches like the phone's flat, black glass screen. Earlier this year US District Judge Lucy Koh upheld nearly $640m of that verdict but ordered a retrial on the rest, ruling that the previous jury had made some errors in its calculations. Combined with the retrial verdict of $290.5m on Thursday, Apple has now been awarded $929.8m in the case.