Jury selection opened on Monday, the federal court in the "heavy bomb" patent corrosion of apple samsung, accusing each other of smart phones and tablets to copy the patent.
Apple is seeking more accused the company in the iPhone and iPad manufacturers of the trial design and other patent infringement of $250 million, SAN jose, California, federal court.
Samsung counter, apple violated the patented wireless communication, so the jury will sort out competition claim for compensation.
It is a in all over the world on a few cases involving two large electronic giant in the high-tech fields, tablet computer and the hottest part of the smart phone, in court.
Although the results so far, has in Europe and Australia court mix, samsung is obviously under the condition of the defense in the United States.
The United States district court judge Lucy SuMei, they will host the jury forbid any last minutes solve, already issued the sale to the united state samsung galaxy tablet and 10 inches of the galaxy smart phones and Google Nexus two temporary ban on development.
Worse, the magistrate ruled, samsung failed to retain key evidence, allow E-mail is learning lawsuit after the conference.
This will mean that SuMei the judge can send out "negative inference" instructions to the jury.
In the patent law on of the university of Pennsylvania professor, r. polk Wagner said the case could be the case since the 1980 s the largest patent trial involving photographs giant polaroid and kodak, and is important, because its size and capacity of the precedent set.
"I see what I expect in many cases, involving smartphone technology," he told AFP reporter.
"It remains to be seen what effect, will, even if apple win normally, patent design up relatively easy, so if samsung lost several rounds, they may still be able to make their own mobile phone."
But samsung will face a lot of risk: if apple wins, it will automatically gain a samsung equipment sales of permanent ban. If samsung only slight change, apple may request Korea enterprise in contempt.
The case has great financial burden for enterprise and mobile equipment industry.
Research firm IDC, a survey showed samsung shipments in April to June in period, the global 50.2 million smart phones, and apple sold 260000 iPhone department. IDC says, samsung for apple held a 32.6%, 16.9% of the market.
Samsung is a leading manufacturer of smartphone use Google's Andr oid operating system, it has become the most popular platform, although apple, it had violated its patent complaint.
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