Judge Urges Apple, Samsung to Meet Before Jury Deliberations
Could Apple and Samsung finally come to a settlement agreement?
Since before the massive trial between Apple and Samsung began three weeks ago, residing judge Lucy Koh has repeatedly urged the two companies to settle their dispute out of court.
Finally, with the end of the trial closely approaching, the two companies finally agree to meet one last time before the jury receives its instructions.
"I don't mean to waste their time," Koh stated, discussing concerns for the possibilities of a hung jury and the ramifications of a verdict for both sides. With an army of expert witnesses taking the stand one after another, and numerous legal documents and exhibits to consider, it's no surprise Koh worries for the jury. Especially after the two companies can't seem to agree over the jury's final instructions before deliberations.
Earlier in the week, Samsung and Apple were able to agree on a number of instructions noted in a 30-page filing. Which is nice, until you consider the second 273-page filing outlining all of the disputes. Now with each of the two sides approaching the final hours of their allotted 25, both Samsung and Apple have brought up copious amounts of evidence to support their case.
Regardless of the verdict, both sides have clearly made their point and brought attention to their intellectual property, while spending a whole lot of money. If the two end up reaching a settlement agreement, we may finally see a civilized end to this arguably trivial feud. On the other hand, if the jury can't agree to a verdict we may end up with a mistrial and back to square one.

So you are saying, big corporations spend millions arguing over a shape?
Seriously Apple, just get over it. This whole issue has spiraled out of control. The legal system shouldnt entertain this kind of rubbish in the first place. Manufacturers should have enough faith in their products than to resort to poop-flinging. Its a disgrace to technology and hampering real innovation and progress. The money spent in this whole drama would been used to fund research to develop better phones,battery tech, touchscreens, the works....
So you are saying, big corporations spend millions arguing over a shape?
Seriously Apple, just get over it. This whole issue has spiraled out of control. The legal system shouldnt entertain this kind of rubbish in the first place. Manufacturers should have enough faith in their products than to resort to poop-flinging. Its a disgrace to technology and hampering real innovation and progress. The money spent in this whole drama would been used to fund research to develop better phones,battery tech, touchscreens, the works....
Patent round corners... the patent offices around the world must be laughing at the American patents, undermining the really innovative ones as the patent offices credibility is sinking like a rock.
Maybe Samsung and ALL the other electronics manufacturers in Asia and elsewhere should join and kindly remind Apple that without them they can close shop as Apple has no manufacturing of their own.
I agree with you.
Look at the results in the UK below. That is how this lawsuit should end.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Apple-UK-Samsung-Lawsuit-Apology,16363.html
Don't have to be a patent officer for that. Everyone laughs at and ignores American patents.
I think it is sick that a fledgling company like Apple that has a breakthrough device all the sudden feels like the originator of the tech in 2006, When a company like Samsung that has spent well into the 30s of Billions of dollars in R&D since the early 90s.
I think it is safe to say that Apple in this reminds me of the old BASF commercial. WE don't make a lot of the things you buy, we make a lot of the things you buy better. Apple simply tool a large list of great ideas and tech and build a piece of hardware that just worked well enough to change the market. But it wasn't the only Phone that was out that was out that was like it. The LG Prada came out first and has an earlier development timeline. There were a lot of phones and devices being made that were square or rectangle with a full screen, it is the natural progression of technology.
-CB
Guess the "Devil wears Prada"
It's Star TREK!!!!!
/nerdrage
But as history has shown, from Bell to Marconi to Edison, you don't have to be the inventor of something - it's all about having the patent, lots of large, wealthy and unscrupulous backers and a very vocal lobby to Government
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If you have enough money you can argue in court that black is white and win, hopefully going onwards to be killed at the next zebra crossing
Or in this case the devil copied prada
No argument that they're fighting over essentially silly things, but the problem is that settling won't yield a legal precedent for the future. What's worse, settling will just empower Apple to sue other companies for the same thing and then leverage another settlement. And another one after that. We really need a decision--Samsung did "copy" i-designs, but IMHO no more than any other tech producer that is looking at competitors' products, and I think Samsung invalidated a lot of Apple's patent claims at the same time with examples of prior art.
Maybe Samsung and ALL the other electronics manufacturers in Asia and elsewhere should join and kindly remind Apple that without them they can close shop as Apple has no manufacturing of their own.
Don't get my hopes up. I would celebrate the day suppliers stopped putting up with Apple's crap and cut them off.