Apple, Samsung patent dispute returns to US federal courtroom
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December 7, 2012, Friday
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THE epic US$1 billion patent fight between the world's top two smartphone makers was scheduled to resume late yesterday in a US federal courtroom when Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Corp square off over rights to vital technology.
Samsung is seeking to overturn an August 24 jury verdict that found the South Korean tech titan ripped off Apple Inc's designs for its iPhone and iPad. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple US$1 billion after finding close to two dozen of its products used technology controlled by Apple.
Apple in turn is looking to add US$500 million more to the award while barring many of the older Samsung products at issue from sale in the US.
The companies' lawyers will file into a San Jose federal court armed with a host of legal arguments including allegations the jury foreman committed misconduct. The case is ultimately expected to land before the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington, DC-based court that decides patent disputes, if not the US Supreme Court.
Nonetheless, US District Judge Lucy Koh's ruling will greatly shape the end result.
Samsung has mounted an aggressive post-trial attack on the verdict, raising a number of legal issues alleging the company was treated unfairly in a federal courtroom about 20 kilometers from Apple's Cupertino headquarters. Samsung alleges some of Apple's patents shouldn't have been awarded in the first place and the jury made mistakes in calculating the damage award.
Samsung also accuses jury foreman Velvin Hogan of concealing his former employer, Seagate Technologies, had filed a lawsuit against him. Samsung is a large investor in Seagate.
Samsung is seeking to overturn an August 24 jury verdict that found the South Korean tech titan ripped off Apple Inc's designs for its iPhone and iPad. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple US$1 billion after finding close to two dozen of its products used technology controlled by Apple.
Apple in turn is looking to add US$500 million more to the award while barring many of the older Samsung products at issue from sale in the US.
The companies' lawyers will file into a San Jose federal court armed with a host of legal arguments including allegations the jury foreman committed misconduct. The case is ultimately expected to land before the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington, DC-based court that decides patent disputes, if not the US Supreme Court.
Nonetheless, US District Judge Lucy Koh's ruling will greatly shape the end result.
Samsung has mounted an aggressive post-trial attack on the verdict, raising a number of legal issues alleging the company was treated unfairly in a federal courtroom about 20 kilometers from Apple's Cupertino headquarters. Samsung alleges some of Apple's patents shouldn't have been awarded in the first place and the jury made mistakes in calculating the damage award.
Samsung also accuses jury foreman Velvin Hogan of concealing his former employer, Seagate Technologies, had filed a lawsuit against him. Samsung is a large investor in Seagate.
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