“While there are no court proceedings on Thursday, Judge Lucy Koh issued a variety of rulings further limiting the types of evidence Samsung can use to argue that Apple’s patents are either invalid or not infringed,” Ina Fried reports for AllThingsD.
“In an order on Thursday, Koh upheld a magistrate judge’s contention that, for example, Samsung cannot use devices shown in the 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” as part of its case that Apple’s patents are invalid,” Fried reports.
Fried reports, “The trial resumes on Friday with Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller due to return to the witness stand. Schiller testified only briefly on Tuesday before court ended for the day.”
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MacDailyNews Take: You know Samsung’s in trouble when their best “evidence” proves absolutely nothing and is routinely excluded by the judge as if Samsung were joking.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
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