In the ongoing Apple v. Samsung war, on June 30, 2012, Judge Lucy H. Koh of the Northern District of California denied Samsung’s bid for summary judgment on the basis that Apple had failed to offer any evidence of antitrust damages.
(Apple alleges that Samsung violated a Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (“FRAND”) obligation to license patents to a standard-setting organization and its members. See the first related article link below.)
The court held that litigation expenses stemming directly from Samsung’s alleged anticompetitive behavior are recoverable as antitrust damages. It also held that Apple’s limited amount of factual (non-expert) evidence of litigation expenses was sufficient to avoid summary judgment.
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