A US court has ordered South Korea's Samsung Electronics pay USD 539 million (£403m) in damages for copying features of Apple's original iPhone.

In a statement, Apple said it was pleased that the members of the jury "agree that Samsung should pay for copying our products."

Samsung said the decision "flies in the face" of the unanimous Supreme Court ruling in its favour on the way the design patent damages are calculated.

Samsung had argued that it should only have to pay USD 28 million in damages - limiting the sum to profits directly related to the components or features covered by the patents.