Samsung Electronics will eventually pay Apple $548 million in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit in California, following the legal disputes between the two companies that has dragged on for several years. According to a joint case management statement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division on Thursday, Samsung has confirmed to Apple that it will pay the iPhone maker the damages.

The move follows the rejection last month by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a full-bench hearing to review the damages award in the patent dispute in the light of new information about an Apple patent.

However, Samsung has also reserved the right to collect reimbursement if there are any further developments in the case that address the patents at issue.

Apple sued Samsung in 2011 alleging that Samsung phones infringed on several iPhone patents. It was awarded damages of $930 million by a jury in the U.S. District Court in California.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the jury’s findings and vacated the damages relating to trade dress dilution. The decision still required Samsung to pay the $548 million in damages, while a jury trial for a reassessment of the remaining $382 million in damages is scheduled for next year in the California court.

But Samsung asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO to declare invalid an Apple patent related to the case, with success.
Apple has filed to the USPTO a notice that it intends to appeal before the Federal Circuit court.