Design and Utility PatentsSamsung v. Apple - the real issue here is the review on the rule whether someone violating a design patent should pay back any profits derived only from that component, or the total profits. Although The Federal Circuit ruled that the governing statue “explicitly authorizes the award of total profit from the article of manufacture bearing the patented design” (FC), they acknowledge that this made no sense in modern world, and therefore, this was a subject that had to be redirected to Congress. What the Supreme Court is going to be ruling for is whether damages relating to a design patent should or not be apportioned in relation to the value added by the patented design, or if it should be, instead, charged on the entire profits.