"The judge's exclusion of evidence on independent creation meant that even though Apple was allowed to inaccurately argue to the jury that the F700 was an iPhone copy, Samsung was not allowed to tell the full story...The excluded evidence would have established beyond doubt that Samsung did not copy the iPhone design," Samsung said in its statement, according to Apple.

In its letter on Wednesday, Apple slammed the company's actions.

"Samsung's multiple references to the jury in its statement make plain its intent that the jurors in our case learn of arguments the court has excluded through press," wrote William Lee, an attorney for Apple.

In a declaration filed on Wednesday, Samsung attorney John Quinn said he had approved the release of a brief statement and proposed trial exhibits after several requests from reporters. Quinn said all the documents had previously been in the public record. The move was not intended to influence jurors, he said. Quinn included the exhibits with his declaration.

However, Apple said Quinn had failed to follow the judge's instructions because he didn't include the statement or say who wrote and released the brief statement.