(Left to right) Apple store in LA and Samsung headquarters in Japan (Source: Wikimedia)
In what was one of the biggest lawsuits filed in the tech industry at the time, Apple sued its supplier Samsung. In a 38-page complaint filed in the US, Apple claimed that Samsung infringed on its intellectual property. Samsung soon counter-sued Apple in South Korea.
Although both Apple and Samsung claimed billions of dollars against each other in damages, the case was finally resolved in 2018, seven years after the start of the dispute. Apple was awarded $539 million in damages.