Apple's Samsung court confrontation compensation into focus

Beijing December 6 morning news, Apple and Samsung will participate in the hearing of the Northern California Regional Court on Thursday to explain their views on issues related to the August jury verdict. At that time, the jury found that Samsung infringed Apple’s patent and awarded a compensation of US$1.05 billion.

However, this verdict led to a series of questions, including whether the amount of compensation should be adjusted, whether Apple could ban the sale of Samsung’s partially infringing equipment, and whether Samsung could use the jury chairman’s misconduct for reconsideration.

Apple initially asked Samsung to pay $2.75 billion, but the jury eventually supported a $1.05 billion compensation request. However, in the September legal document, Apple asked the court to add an additional $707 million in compensation. The final verdict will be issued by the US District Court Judge Lucy Koh.

After the jury made a ruling, Apple applied for the ban on Samsung's 8 infringing smart phones. Although these products are not Samsung's latest and most important products, they are still on sale, and they have become the target of Apple's crackdown.

However, in another lawsuit that will be held in 2014, both parties will be the other party's latest product as the object of prosecution, including Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy S3 Mini, Galaxy Note 2, and Apple iPhone 5, iPad mini.

However, if Samsung can overthrow the entire case, the above problems will no longer exist. Samsung filed a file in October that questioned the jury’s chairman, Velvin Hogan, for misconduct. Hogan accepted a number of media interviews after making a jury verdict and disclosed relevant information about the case. Samsung said Hogan did not disclose his legal dispute with Seagate in 1993, and because Samsung holds part of Seagate's shares, it may affect his objectivity.

Judge Koch said last month that she will investigate whether Hogan intentionally concealed information during the jury selection process.