The exhibits include images meant to establish that Samsung developed a phone with several elements of the iPhone's design ahead of the introduction of the iPhone in January, 2007. Also included were documents that sought to prove that Apple allegedly used a prototype inspired by Sony designs to arrive at the design of the iPhone.

In to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California late Wednesday, Apple said the court should sanction Samsung by granting judgment in Apple's favor on its claim that Samsung infringes Apple's phone design patents, and by granting judgment that those patents are not invalid.

Alternately and at a minimum, Apple said, the court should instruct the jury that Samsung engaged in serious misconduct and the court has as a result made a finding that Samsung copied the asserted designs and features from Apple products. The court should also prevent Samsung from further mentioning or offering any evidence regarding the "Sony design exercise" for any purpose, Apple said.

In a letter to District Judge Lucy Koh on Wednesday, Apple's counsel William F. Lee alleged that Samsung was attempting to influence the jury. Samsung's release was targeted to expose the jury to excluded evidence through the press, Apple reiterated in the filing.

Samsung's actions substantially increased the risk that the jury will see or be influenced by someone who has seen the evidence that the court has excluded, according to Apple's filing. "While disseminating excluded evidence to the media would be a problem in any case, it is particularly problematic in a high profile technology case in the internet age, when intentional or inadvertent exposure to excluded evidence is extraordinarily easy," it added.