“In California, Samsung has a deadline today for delivering to the court copies of all English-language documents that will be reviewed in camera in connection with the ‘Patentgate’ scandal of improperly-disclosed terms of Apple’s highly confidential patent license agreements with Nokia, Ericsson, Sharp, and Philips,” Florian Müller reports for Foss Patents.
“Late on Friday, Apple’s lawyers sent a letter to Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal ‘to apprise the Court of four matters that [they had] learned since the hearing on Tuesday that are relevant to the current sanctions proceedings.’ One of the four items is completely redacted so I have no idea what it relates to,” Müller reports. “Another one relates to privilege logs. The first one says that even Apple’s counsel received only a redacted version of Samsung’s main brief filed on Monday in preparation of the Tuesday hearing, apparently relying ‘on its non-disclosure agreement with Nokia.’ I guess Apple’s counsel will soon get to see the entire pre-hearing brief.”
“The most interesting item in Apple’s letter relates to a hearing held by Justice Annabelle Bennett of the Federal Court of Australia on Thursday, October 24, over the Patentgate matter,” Müller reports. “The Australian court is concerned because it’s currently holding an extensive Samsung v. Apple FRAND trial, and Samsung may have made use of otherwise confidential information in Australia.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Samsung is a thoroughly despicable outfit.
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