Shares of Samsung Electronics
have suffered their biggest fall in a single day, in almost four years, after a
US jury found the technology giant copied designs from Apple.
The South Korean company's shares fell almost 7% in
Seoul trading, the most since October 2008.
The company was ordered to pay $1.05bn (£665m) in
damages to Apple, in one of the most significant rulings in a global
intellectual property battle.
Samsung will appeal the verdict.
Analysts said investors were worried that the
ruling could affect revenues.
"The context of the loss in this case is a lot
worse than had been expected," said Song Myung-Sup from Hi Investment and
Securities.
He added that if the ruling lead to a sales ban in
the key US market for Samsung it would hurt earnings.
Jury ruling
A nine-member jury in San Jose, California ruled on
24 August that Samsung had infringed patents for mobile devices.
It was the the most closely-watched of many similar
patent disputes being contested in courts around the world between electronics
manufacturers.
In recent weeks, a court in South Korea ruled that
both Apple and Samsung had copied each other, while a British court dismissed
claims by the American company that Samsung had infringed its copyrights.
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