Judge Koh wants second Apple-Samsung damages retrial to be short and sweet

Judge Lucy Koh will be presiding over the second Apple-Samsung damages retrial, which will be heard in March or April of 2016. After a three judge panel turned down Samsung's request for a new hearing on the first patent trial. Samsung requested that the entire panel of judges rule on its request (called an en banc hearing), but that was also denied. Last month, Samsung filed papers to have its case heard by the Supreme Court. Only 1% of those filings ever end up being heard by the highest court in the land.

While Samsung waits to hear if it will have its case heard by the Supreme Court, the focus of the retrial will be to calculate the proper damages on five ancient Samsung devices that infringed on Apple patents, according to the original jury. Those five Samsung products have been discontinued. The damages for the first trial have been reduced from $1.05 billion to $548 million, and a second trial featuring more up-to-date devices resulted in a $119.6 million award for Apple.

Judge Koh is looking to get this trial out of her courtroom quickly. Neither side is being allowed to discuss new theories and the judge has scheduled one week for the retrial, including opening and closing statements. Meanwhile, both sides are turning in paperwork. Apple is requesting a ruling for a partial final judgment, and Samsung is citing the USPTO's recent invalidation of an Apple patent as a reason to stay the trial proceedings.

source: Scribd via AppleInsider
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