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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aiming to save the jury a headache, the judge in the trial between Apple and Samsung here once again reminded both sides to pare down some of the claims against one another and settle.

"Are there trades that can be made?" U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh asked lawyers from both companies, adding that she hoped there could be some "horse trading" between the two before the jury sits down to decide the winner.

Koh spent much of the week asking both companies to sort out some of the claims -- … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- According to a Samsung principal designer, the company was at work on its Galaxy Tab 10.1-inch tablet months before Apple unveiled the iPad.

As proof, Samsung's Jin Soo Kim -- who testified in court today through an interpreter -- offered up an internal e-mail thread, with a sketch of the tablet's design dated January 6, 2010 -- days before Apple debuted its tablet to the public.

The testimony aimed to rebut claims made by Apple that Samsung copied the look and feel of the iPhone and the iPad. In the case of the … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh today once again urged Apple and Samsung's chief executives to meet in hopes of settling the case.

"If you can have your CEOs have one last conversation, I'd appreciate it," Koh told legal counsel for both companies in court here today.

Apple and Samsung had previously met ahead of the trial to discuss settlements, court-mandated talks that did not lead to a resolution.

The plea came on the heels of Koh telling both companies that they should narrow their claims. Apple, for instance, is currently … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Samsung today brought out early technology relics in hopes of busting Apple's design patents for the iPhone and iPad -- the very ones Apple has pointed at it like howitzers.

The South Korean technology giant called upon a pair of experts -- one in person, another by video deposition -- to make the case that others had beaten Apple to the punch, effectively rendering those patents useless.

Samsung's argument relied mainly on foreign patent designs and an early prototype for a tablet that never made it into commercial production. However, Samsung also brought out … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In an effort to rebut allegations that it copied the design of Apple's iOS home screen, icons, and other visual features, Samsung brought out one of the people in charge of designing the software in its phones.

Jeeyuen Wang, Samsung's senior designer, testified this afternoon with the help of an interpreter, and flat out told the court that the company did not copy Apple's designs.

Samsung brought out Wang to counter copycat claims made by Apple earlier in the trial that put the Samsung's iconography and features side by side. That offense … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Samsung wove family photos, pieces of fruit, and even a little Bruce Springsteen into its patent offensive against Apple today.

With three Apple feature patents aimed at nearly two dozen of Samsung's products during the past two weeks of trial, Samsung struck back today with a trio of its own.

On the stand for Samsung was Woodward Yang, a patent specialist who went through how some of Apple's iPhone, iPad, and even iPod Touch models allegedly infringed on three of Samsung's patents covering things like e-mail, photo albums, and playing music in the … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Intel took offense at one of Samsung's expert witnesses, attempting to get him excluded from the trial between Apple and Samsung here.

Ahead of the testimony of Tim Williams, Ph.D, Apple said Williams had not properly disclosed the fact that he had signed multiple nondisclosure agreements, one of which Intel says prohibits him from discussing the particulars of Intel's source code.

Samsung had called on Williams to discuss Apple's alleged infringement of one of Samsung's cellular data transmission patents, which included citing some of the source code.

An Intel lawyer briefly … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Even with the number of devices whittled down just a hair, Apple still says more than a dozen of Samsung's smartphones and two of its tablets are infringing on its patents.

That's easy enough to understand, until you get into just how many patents we're talking about, and which ones apply to which device.

To help make sense of it, Apple has included a rather large chart -- OK, it's safe to call it gigantic -- that spells out which device the iPhone and iPad maker believes Samsung is infringing on, and … Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- One of Samsung's main strategies against Apple has been to point to "prior art," pre-existing versions of the features and designs made by others that could potentally invalidate the patents Apple is wielding against it.

In the earlier part of the trial, Samsung focused on patents for phone designs. Today, though, the company got into the guts of Apple's software -- in particular, the gestures people use to control iPhones and iPads.

Samsung brought out a pair of "fact witnesses" -- i.e. not experts -- involved in technology that … Read more