Apple, Samsung Ready Closing Arguments in Patent Case

18.08.2012
Apple and Samsung are heading to closing arguments in their patent infringement trial, and reputations and big bucks are at stake.

Apple should pay $421.8 million to Samsung for infringing on its patents. $2.75 billion from Samsung in the case.

Testimony wrapped up Friday. On Monday, the sides will discuss jury instructions. Closing arguments are set for Tuesday, and then the jury will deliberate and decide who will win what some consider the tech trial of the century.

In court this week, according to reports from several media outlets including Reuters and Bloomberg, testimony was mostly dry, but there were some interesting tidbits that were revealed. For instance: Apple said all its patents in dispute in the trial had been licensed to Microsoft.

That licensing agreement, though, includes a "do not clone" clause, which keeps Microsoft from knocking off design elements of the iPhone and iPad.

According to Apple, it tried to cut a similar deal with Samsung, but the South Korean company countered in court that the scope of the licensing agreement that it was offered was narrower than the one offered Microsoft.