The court has removed from the infringement suit three Samsung phone models: the Galaxy S i9000, Galaxy Ace and Galaxy S II i9100. Twenty other Samsung devices, though, remain in the case.

Although Judge Koh tried to get Apple and Samsung to and failed, she pleaded this week for them to give peace a chance.

"I see risk here for both sides if we go to a verdict," she told the legal teams, . She added, "It's time for peace."

Nevertheless, Samsung continued its case against Apple.

Among other things, it argues the Cupertino, California-based company violated Samsung's intellectual property for scrolling through photographs, sending them through email, indexing them, and playing MP3 music files.