Samsung escapes sanctions from leaking confidential Apple-Nokia infomation

Luckily for Samsung, while the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California did find in Apple's favor, it decided to place the blame on Samsung's law firm, Quinn Emmanuel. No stranger to our readers, Judge Paul S.Grewal made the ruling, stating that the leaking of the information was merely an error in redacting sensitive material. Grewal said that such mistakes happen every day and added that Samsung's role in this was circumstantial.
"Quinn Emanuel shall reimburse Apple, Nokia, and their counsel for any and all costs and fees incurred in litigating this motion and the discovery associated with it, as required by Rule 37 in the absence of 'substantial justification' or other showing of 'harmlessness,' neither of which the court finds here. That expense, in addition to the public findings of wrongdoing, is, in the court's opinion, sufficient both to remedy Apple and Nokia's harm and to discourage similar conduct in the future."-Judge Paul S. Grewal
The judge ordered that Quinn Emmanuel reimburse Apple, Nokia and their outside counsel for all fees associated with litigating this motion. Grewal said that this cost, despite his finding of wrongdoing on the part of the law firm, is a sufficient penalty to make Apple and Nokia whole, and to discourage the firm from doing this again in the future.
Apple and Samsung will meet in front of Judge Lucy Koh today to discuss Samsung's request for an extension to answer Apple's post-appeal request for a permanent injunction. Apple and Samsung have been meeting in an attempt to reach an agreement over their patent issues and it seems that Samsung wants more time to see where these talks lead. The next patent trial takes place in March and includes more recent Samsung devices.
source: via FOSSPatents
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