Samsung and Apple meet with Judge before Trail

On Thursday, Apple and Samsung held their long awaited post-trial hearing in front of Judge Lucy Koh. Samsung was hoping that it could get the judge to throw out the verdict and order a new trial based on the actions of jury foreman Velvin Hogan. Hogan failed to disclose a lawsuit he filed against Seagate Technologies, a partner of Samsung, and also was alleged to have used improper legal principles when discussing patent law with the rest of the jury during deliberations.

While the Judge did not make a ruling today on Samsung's motion, based on her body language, Judge Koh is not impressed with Samsung's arguments on this matter.

One area where Judge Koh did seem animated was when discussing damages and the possibility that the jury awarded too much money to Apple considering that no Apple design patents were found to have been infringed on. The jury award Apple 40% of Samsung's profits and a 50% royalty fee on certain devices. Apple's argument was that the court has to accept the jury's numbers at face value and not compute how it arrived at them.

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