Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

  1. February 07, 2017

    Fed. Circ. Ships Apple-Samsung IP War To District Court

    The Federal Circuit sent the long-running smartphone patent dispute between Apple and Samsung back to the Northern District of California on Tuesday, leaving it to the lower court to determine how to apply a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision vacating the nearly $400 million damages award won by Apple.

  2. December 20, 2016

    MoFo's McElhinny Retiring, Withdraws From Repping Apple

    Morrison & Foerster LLP's Harold J. McElhinny is stepping down from serving as lead counsel for Apple in its ongoing battle with Samsung because he is retiring, the prominent intellectual property attorney told the Northern District of California on Tuesday.

  3. March 23, 2016

    Calif. Judge Halts Apple-Samsung Retrial For High Court Case

    A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Samsung's bid to delay an upcoming retrial over $382 million in damages awarded to Apple in their smartphone patent war and let a related U.S. Supreme Court case play out, finding the high court's ruling will significantly affect the Golden State case.

  4. March 22, 2016

    Apple Pushes For Retrial Despite Samsung's High Court Case

    Apple urged the California judge overseeing an upcoming retrial over $400 million in damages it won from Samsung to go ahead as planned despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear Samsung's appeal, saying Monday some damages in the smartphone patent dispute would be unaffected by the high court case.

  5. March 21, 2016

    Samsung Says Justices' Review Means Apple Trial Must Wait

    Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday asked the California judge overseeing a retrial on $400 million in damages awarded to Apple in the rivals' patent war for an emergency stay to avoid "potentially duplicative and wasteful proceedings" while the U.S. Supreme Court considers Samsung's appeal.

  6. March 07, 2016

    5 Trials To Follow In 2016

    From legal industry intrigue to Silicon Valley showdowns, this year's trials have a little something for everyone. Federal prosecutors will take their second shot at a pair of former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives in a slimmed-down criminal retrial, while Apple and Samsung enter a fourth trial in their sprawling war over smartphone patents. Here, Law360 takes a look at five of the most interesting trials that 2016 has to offer.

  7. March 03, 2016

    Koh Won't Bar Apple From Saying Samsung Is Korean

    U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Wednesday shot down a request by Samsung to bar Apple from telling jurors in an upcoming patent infringement retrial that Samsung is a foreign or Korean company, but she reminded Apple of its 2013 closing statement that contained "troubling" racial overtones.

  8. March 01, 2016

    Koh Nixes Samsung's New Evidence Bid Before Apple Retrial

    U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on Monday declined to allow Samsung to introduce new evidence at an upcoming damages retrial with its smartphone rival Apple, holding that the company's motion is "too little, too late" since she cut off the possibility months ago. 

  9. February 19, 2016

    Apple Asks To Bar Samsung From Raising Re-Exams At Trial

    With the fourth trial in their sprawling smartphone patent war set to kick off next month, Apple asked a judge Thursday to bar Samsung from telling the jury about reexaminations that have tentatively found some of Apple's patents invalid.

  10. January 21, 2016

    Samsung Seeks To Show New Evidence At Apple Retrial

    Samsung on Wednesday sought to introduce evidence at an upcoming damages retrial that allegedly shows Apple attributed the smartphone rival's sales success to its advertising campaign and product diversification efforts, rather than to its infringement of several Apple patents, according to its motion in California federal court.