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Intellectual Property

Jul. 31, 2012

Apple, Samsung battle over jury instructions as trial opens

As the trial in the epic patent showdown between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. opens today in San Jose federal court, attorneys for the two companies are still jockeying for advantage about what the jury is told.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As the trial in the epic patent showdown between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. opens today in San Jose federal court, attorneys for the two companies are still jockeying for advantage about what the jury is told about the companies' behavior before the lawsuit was filed.


A San Jose magistrate judge ordered last week that the jury be told that Samsung destroyed potential evidence i...

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