Though Samsung’s attorneys have drawn more sanctions than Apple—four times as of the latest count—CNet reported that Judge Koh told the assembled attorneys for both sites that, “I want papers. I don’t trust what any lawyer tells me in this courtroom. I want to see actual papers.”
Those are strong words for a federal judge, and a demonstration that the high-profile, high dollar, high pressure case is going to leave a mark.
At particular issue was planned testimony from Tim Williams, Ph.D., an expert witness called by Samsung. A few hours before he was scheduled to appear, attorneys for Apple protested his inclusion because he hadn’t disclosed non-disclosure agreements he had signed with Intel that prohibit him from discussing the details of Intel’s source code.
How that might effect the case between Apple and Samsung is unclear, but it is common practice for attorneys to do anything they can to discredit opposing expert witnesses or keep them from testifying at all, and both sides have engaged this tactic in this battle.
Judge Koh, however, appears to have had enough enough, labelling the actions of both sides as “theatrics.”
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