3 Month Trial Expected
Ding Ding. Seconds out. It's round we don't know how many in the continuing battle between Apple and Samsung as an Australian Judge began hearing the evidence in what is likely to be a lengthy trial.
Mark Summerfield, a patent lawyer and senior associate with Melbourne-based law firm Watermark, told Reuters "there's no doubt there's a strategic and psychological effect" attached to the Australian case. "Courts in other countries will watch what is happening here," he said.
Apple and Samsung have been at loggerheads, across the globe, over patents for their various mobile devices since April last year. This latest case in Australia concerns the touch-screen technology deployed in Samsung's new Galaxy 10.1 tablet. The irony in all this being that Apple is Samsung's biggest customer and it makes many parts central to Apple devices.
Ding Ding. Seconds out. It's round we don't know how many in the continuing battle between Apple and Samsung as an Australian Judge began hearing the evidence in what is likely to be a lengthy trial.
Mark Summerfield, a patent lawyer and senior associate with Melbourne-based law firm Watermark, told Reuters "there's no doubt there's a strategic and psychological effect" attached to the Australian case. "Courts in other countries will watch what is happening here," he said.
Apple and Samsung have been at loggerheads, across the globe, over patents for their various mobile devices since April last year. This latest case in Australia concerns the touch-screen technology deployed in Samsung's new Galaxy 10.1 tablet. The irony in all this being that Apple is Samsung's biggest customer and it makes many parts central to Apple devices.
