“Jurors failed to reach a decision and will return for a third day of deliberations to determine how much Samsung Electronics owes Apple for copying key features of the iPhone and iPad,” The New Zealand Herald reports. “The judge on Wednesday (this morning NZT) also refused Samsung’s second request in as many days to halt the trial. The latest request was made after patent regulators questioned the validity of one of Apple’s patents that Samsung was found to have infringed.”
“The US Patent and Trademark Office was ‘re-examining’ Apple’s patents for the pinch-to-zoom function on its phones and tablets,” NZ Herald reports. “Even if the patent office invalidates the patent, it remains valid through the long appeals process that could reach the US Supreme Court.”
“Lawyers for South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co. complained to the judge Tuesday that when Apple attorney Harold McIhenny told the jury that US television makers were driven out of business for failing to protect their intellectual property, it was an unfair attempt to inflame jurors’ prejudices,” NZ Herald reports. “Judge Koh denied Samsung’s demand for a mistrial, but she did call jurors back from deliberations to reread an instruction ordering them to put aside their dislikes and biases in deciding the case.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “James W.” for the heads up.]
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