A Dutch court ordered Apple to pay damages to Samsung Electronics over a patent violation, Reuters reports. The court in The Hague ruled Apple had violated a Samsung patent used in some of Apple's phones and tablet computers to connect to the internet, and said damages should be based on certain iPhone and iPad sales in the Netherlands. The violation applies to iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4 and iPad 1 and 2. Damages should be based on Dutch sales figures since 04 August 2010, which the court said was the date when Apple could have known it was violating Samsung's patent. A Samsung spokeswoman said she did not know whether the ruling had any international implications, nor did she know how much money Samsung would ask for. An Apple spokesman had no immediate comment. The Dutch court dismissed three other patent infringements claimed by Samsung.
