“There have been some new developments in the first U.S. litigation between Apple and Samsung pending in the Northern District of California,” Florian Mueller reports for Foss Patents.

1. Judge Lucy Koh has scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing concerning the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for Friday, June 29, 2012, as a follow-up to to the Federal Circuit’s appellate decision.

2. Apple has dropped an iPhone user interface design patent as part of continuing efforts to narrow the case with a view to the upcoming trial.

3. The court is defending public access to filings against excessive sealing, pointing to Ninth Circuit law.

Much more in the full article here.