The jury has reached a verdict in the “trial of the century” between Apple and Samsung. The judge is about to start reading it. We will be updating regularly.
The process could be lengthy as the jury doesn’t have a straight up-or-down case, but a complex series of questions from both sides.
Most court watchers predicted the ruling would not come until next week because of the case’s complexity. We will update as more information comes in.
Here’s what will happen in the weeks after the verdict come in:
- Apple and Samsung will almost certainly ask Judge Lucy Koh for a “judgment notwithstanding verdict” — basically asking her to replace parts of the jury’s ruling with her own.
- After this process is over, Judge Koh will enter the final verdict. When this occurs, the parties can then appeal the ruling to the U.S. Circuit Court for the Federal Circuit (the patent appeals court in Washington, D.C.).
