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Intellectual Property

Apr. 3, 2014

Samsung attorney attacks Apple's $2 billion patent damages request

Opening statements in the patent infringement trial became a numbers game for jurors Tuesday as each side sought to gain the early upper hand against its smartphone rival.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN JOSE - Apple Inc. asked a federal jury for $2 billion in damages Tuesday in its latest patent infringement trial against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - a number mocked by the South Korean company's lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.


"I was wondering when they were going to say it - the b-word. Billions," Samsung's lead trial counsel, Quinn Emanuel partner John B. ...

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