Samsung Sanctioned for Destroying Evidence Ahead of Apple Trial

Dear, dear, dear, dear. Five days before the great Apple patent trial starts Monday – a trial Apple has got to win – Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal sanctioned Apple’s opponent Samsung for destroying evidence. It seems Samsung didn’t preserve e-mail and meeting notes ahead of the litigation like it was supposed to. The rules say when you’re “reasonably” sure you’re gonna get sued you have to keep all the relevant evidence for discovery. Samsung’s been down this road before so it knows the rules. And it was probably pretty sure what would happen after Steve Jobs and Tim Cook appeared on its doorstep in August of 2010 complaining about infringement.

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