Apple claims that , and their packaging, when coming up with its Galaxy smartphones and Galaxy Tab tablet PCs. Apple has a list of patents that it says Samsung infringed upon and that shows a transformation in Samsung phone design before and after the iPhone. This transformation is, according to Apple, "the basic story of our case."

Samsung maintains that Apple's claims are all false and that the consumer electronics industry routinely looks to past products for inspiration. designed to contradict Apple's assertion and show that Samsung had at least mock-ups of full-screen touch phones before the iPhone went on sale. Samsung will also be on the offensive, arguing that Apple infringed a number of its own patents covering technology in a cellphone.

Money and a ban on sales of any products found to be infringing their patents. in damages. It then hopes the court using a U.S. legal statute that allows judges to multiply damages to punish willful misconduct. Samsung of the sale price of each product found to be misusing its patents, so it could potentially collect that on iPhone and iPad sales.