Even though Apple was allowed to argue to the jury that the Samsung F700 was an iPhone copy, Samsung was not allowed to tell the jury the full story and show the pre-iPhone design for that and other phones that were in development at Samsung in 2006, before the iPhone was publicly debuted, Samsung said in a statement released along with the excluded evidence.

While Samsung was setting off fireworks outside the courthouse, Roman candles were being lit inside it, as both sides made their to the jury.

Apple characterized itself as a technology trailblazer willing to take great risks to bring innovative products to market. Samsung, on the other hand, was and by doing so, dipped into the American company's profits.

Samsung countered that Apple's products were not as unique as it would like everyone to believe. It did acknowledge, though, that good products "inspired" it to create better products. It also some of Samsung's 3G communications patents.

As news of Samsung's leaked evidence began to spread on Wednesday, Apple's legal team fired back. It asked Judge Koh to impose sanctions on Samsung that would bolster Apple's own argument: it wanted the judge to declare by fiat that all Apple's patents in the case were valid.