Designers come out for Apple in patent fight with Samsung

By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc deserved the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd paid for infringing patented designs of the iPhone because the product's distinctive look drives people to purchase it, a group of design industry professionals told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Setting up a clash with a number of Silicon Valley companies that have come out on the side of Samsung, more than 100 designers and educators signed on to a new court b