No Verdict Gratification for Apple Till December 6

Apple may have to wait until December 6 to see if it gets any gratification from the jury decision last week that Samsung copied its technology in its phones, which it wants enjoined. The delay is supposed to have something to do with the flood of post-trial filings the judge is expecting from both sides, but it certainly takes the teeth out of the victory as the product grow increasingly dated. “Having considered the scope of Apple’s preliminary injunction request, the additional post-trial motions that the parties have already filed and will file, and the substantial overlap between the analysis required for Apple’s preliminary injunction motion and the parties’ various other post-trial motions, the court believes consolidation of the briefing and hearing on the post-trial motions is appropriate,” the judge said.

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