August 17, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will not be penalized for a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney's failure to secure admission to the Northern District of California when she appeared in court last week, a judge presiding over Samsung's patent dispute with Apple Inc. ruled Thursday.
August 16, 2012
Apple Inc.'s damages estimate of up to $2.75 billion was grossly overstated, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. told jurors Thursday during a patent trial that has tested the patience of the presiding judge, who at one point in the proceedings asked an Apple attorney if he was "smoking crack."
August 14, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. went on the offensive Tuesday in its epic patent tangle with Apple Inc., centering its strategy on calling a barrage of witnesses — including a Harvard professor — to testify that its rival had pilfered the technology used in the Silicon Valley giant's massively profitable iPhones and iPads.
August 13, 2012
Apple Inc. wrapped up its case Monday in its high-stakes patent feud with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., with its damages expert pinning the amount Samsung will owe if it is found to have infringed Apple's smartphone technology at up to $2.75 billion — a figure hotly contested by Samsung.
August 13, 2012
Apple Inc. succeeded Sunday in blocking testimony from a top Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. executive and one of its smartphone designers in the two companies' blockbuster patent trial.
August 10, 2012
Internal Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. documents show that the company made changes to its smartphones and tablets in order to mimic patented features in Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, Apple expert witnesses testified Friday.
August 10, 2012
The financial details of licensing agreements between Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Apple Inc. and various technology companies, including details that Reuters America LLC sought to publish, will be concealed from the public eye as Samsung and Apple continue their patent trial, a California federal judge ruled Thursday.
August 09, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could face penalties in its smartphone and tablet patent trial with Apple Inc. after Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Susan Estrich acknowledged Thursday she wasn't admitted to the Northern District of California when she appeared in a hearing earlier this week.
August 07, 2012
Attorneys for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. argued Tuesday that it's perfectly obvious which company makes a given smartphone or tablet, pushing back on claims by Apple Inc. expert witnesses that Samsung copied the look of Apple's devices and that consumers would likely mistake one company's products for the other's.
August 06, 2012
An Apple Inc. expert witness who said he believed Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s smartphones and tablets so closely resembled Apple's that consumers would be confused was grilled for nearly three hours Monday by a Samsung attorney who pointed out numerous differences between the devices.