SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have talked but did not settle the high stakes patent dispute between the two electronics companies, a Samsung attorney said in court on Monday.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh had requested that the two talk on the phone at least once more before the jury begins deliberating this week.
Apple and Samsung
are going toe-to-toe in a patents dispute that mirrors the struggle for
industry supremacy between the two rivals that control more than half of
worldwide smartphone sales.
Apple accuses
Samsung of copying the design and some features of its iPad and iPhone,
and is asking for a sales ban in addition to monetary damages. South
Korea's Samsung, which is trying to expand in the United States, says
Apple infringed several patents, including some for its key wireless
technology.
Top executives from both companies had participated in
mediation with a U.S. magistrate judge before trial, but Koh asked them
to explore settlement once again.
"I see risks here for both sides," Koh said last week.
Closing arguments
are scheduled for Tuesday. In court on Monday, Samsung attorney Kevin
Johnson told Koh nothing had come from the talk.
"We will see you tomorrow," Johnson said.
The case in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al, No. 11-1846.
Resource : Yahoo News
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