It’s has been a very eventful so far between the two tech giants. The squabbling between the two legal teams appear to be testing Jude Lucy Koh’s patient. Today she has ordered the lead counsels from both parties to meet and trash things out.
FossPatent reporting on the Order had the to say:
This order is the court’s reaction to statements Apple and Samsung filed late on Friday evening. Apple claimed that “although [it] has tried diligently to advance the process, Samsung has stymied those efforts”, and asked the court for guidance. Samsung replied a couple of hours later and — guess what — disagreed. It noted that it “has agreed to more than twenty revised instructions proposed by Apple and is continuing to review Apple’s remaining disputed instructions for any common ground”, while Apple had allegedly “agreed to only two complete instructions drafted solely by Samsung”, one of which was a Ninth Circuit model instruction.
A requirement for the parties’ lead counsel to meet in person on a Sunday is relatively unusual, and I’m not sure someone could be sanctioned for not making himself available today. But the judge wants to ensure that this trial stays on schedule. The final jury instructions won’t be needed for another week or so, but Judge Koh needs to be given enough time to thjink about, and decide on, the disputed items.
There was also another Order filed today, in which Judge Koh denies Apple “leave to file motion for reconsideration of evidentiary ruling on iPhone and iPad a divertissements.”
Copies of both Orders can be found below:
ORDER REGARDING JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Source: FossPatent
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