A US judge has ordered a new trial to determine how much Samsung Electronics should pay Apple for copying the look of the iPhone.
US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California issued an order late on Sunday, 10 months after the US Supreme Court set aside a $US399 million ($A510 million) award against Samsung for mimicking the iPhone's look for its Galaxy and other devices.
The Supreme Court said damages could be based only on parts of a device that may have infringed patents, not necessarily the entire device.
Koh said the jury instructions at the Apple-Samsung trial "did not accurately reflect the law" and may have prejudiced Samsung by preventing jurors from considering whether any infringement covered "something other than the entire phone".
The $US399 million is part of a $US548 million payment that Samsung already made to Apple.
Apple had argued that no new trial was warranted, and that the $US399 million award should be confirmed. It did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment.
Samsung, in a statement, said it welcomed Koh's order.
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