12 things you need to know about Apple v Samsung

26.07.2012
The stakes are high for both Apple and Samsung Electronics as they prepare to kick off their much-anticipated patent-infringement trial in front of a California jury on Monday.

At the end of the proceedings, the 10-member jury, under the guidance of U.S. District Court judge Lucy Koh, will render a verdict that could cost one of the parties billions of dollars and change the competitive landscape in the consumer electronics industry. Perhaps it's no wonder that The Wall Street Journal has called it the "patent trial of the century."

In preparation for Monday, here's what you need to know. (Click the links for access to the relevant part of each court filing.)

Apple on April 15, 2011. Samsung fired back with a countersuit a few days later and the two cases were subsequently combined into one.