Judge denies Apple request to punish Samsung

Yesterday during the trial, Judge Lucy Koh warned both Apple and Samsung against more "theatrics". First, the judge denied a request from Apple to punish Samsung for the action taken by the Korean manufacturer when it sent previously excluded evidence to the media in hopes of getting an "end-around" and publicity for its position.

"Some of these objections are ridiculous, they're five paragraphs long. If you're going to do that messy objection, you're going to do it in front of the jury, and the time clock is going to be ticking." - Judge Lucy Koh

The evidence, which we have showed you, involves the designs of certain Sony products and the deposition of former Apple designer Shin Nishibori who allegedly used the designs from a story about Sony products to sketch the first designs of the Apple iPhone. A slide show produced by Samsung was excluded from court by Judge Koh as is any mention of those Sony designs. Samsung decided to send the slideshow to interested media in an attempt to get the court of public opinion on its side.

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