Apple-Samsung Judge Says She May Put Patent Case on Hold
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Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. were asked by a federal judge to agree to freeze their smartphone patent dispute scheduled for trial next year while an appeals court reviews an August verdict in an earlier case.
“I was going to ask if we can stay this case while the other appeal is going on,” U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said during a hearing yesterday in San Jose, California. Any possible resolution of the conflict will be “global” and cover technologies contested in both suits, Koh said. “I don’t know if we need two cases on this.”