http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/25/samsung-apple-patent-lawsuit-documents-revealed/
Samsung: Apple wouldn’t have sold a single iPhone without stealing our tech
In short, Apple is the thief here, not Samsung. A few key excerpts (emphasis is ours)
Samsung has been researching and developing mobile telecommunications technology since at least as early as 1991 and invented much of the technology for today‘s smartphones. Indeed, Apple, which sold its first iPhone nearly twenty years after Samsung started developing mobile phone technology, could not have sold a single iPhone without the benefit of Samsung‘s patented technology.
Contrary to the image it has cultivated in the popular press, Apple has admitted in internal documents that its strength is not in developing new technologies first, but in successfully commercializing them. .
Apple relied heavily on Samsung‘s technology to enter the telecommunications space, and it continues to use Samsung‘s technology to this day in its iPhone and iPad products. For example, Samsung supplies the flash memory, main memory, and application processor for the iPhone. . . . But Apple also uses patented Samsung technology that it has not paid for.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/07/24/the-apple-samsung-trial-what-samsung-will-attempt-to-prove/
As . . . documents confirm, Samsung independently developed the allegedly copied design features months before Apple had even announced the iPhone. It did not switch its design direction because of the iPhone.
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/03/apple-patent-trial-market-research/
Apple is freaking out over top-secret market research being used in patent trial
UPDATE: All Things D reports that Apple has now lost its bid to keep the market research secret and Samsung will be allowed to use it as evidence in the trial.
https://allthingsd.com/20120803/apple-loses-bid-to-keep-customer-survey-secret/?mod=tweet
The judge overseeing Apple’s patent lawsuit against Samsung said Apple can’t keep secret a marketing survey it took of its customers.
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/analysis/2198134/quick-guide-to-apple-and-samsungs-global-patent-war
Quick guide to Apple and Samsung's global patent war
AU judge overseeing the case described the squabble as "ridiculous" and recommended the two settle the case out of course in mediation.
Germany has proved a particularly bitter battleground for both Samsung and Apple in Europe.
UK The court ruled against Apple in July confirming Samsung's designs didn't infringe on Apple patents.
France and Italy Have a look, The Netherlands
The decision gives Samsung the right to ask Apple for payments on the use of the patent in products sold in the country dating back to 4 August, 2010.
Spain The case is currently ongoing.
South Korea The case was expected to be closed earlier in the year, until the court unexpectedly decided to delay its verdict until 24 August.
Japan the two are still fighting out the cases with no end in sight.
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2199188/judge-urges-apple-and-samsung-to-make-peace-in-patent-dispute
Judge urges Apple and Samsung to make peace in patent dispute
"I see risks here for both sides, it's at least worth one more try. It's time for peace."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19287798
Apple lawyer faces 'smoking crack' jibe by patent judge
Judge Koh became frustrated when Apple's lawyer suggested he could call 22 witnesses in four hours
http://www.cnet.com.au/judge-is-apple-smoking-crack-339341160.htm?feed=rss
"If it turns out I went through 75 pages for people who are not going to be called, I am going to think of a proper tax for that," Koh warned.
Apple and Samsung are going toe-to-toe in a patents dispute that mirrors a bigger struggle for industry supremacy between the 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.
