Companies Apple and Samsung have submitted witness statements for the upcoming retrial in the long-running patent infringement dispute between the companies. The Cupertino company's CEO will not testify, though. Tim Cook, nor the head of design Jony Ive, however, several important people will provide testimony. From AppSenior Director of Design Richard Howarth and Vice President of Product Marketing Greg Joswiak will testify.
Howarth will be involved in the design process Applu, design patents that have been infringed, and other design topics. Joswiak will talk about product marketing and the competitive nature of the smartphone market.
Apple plans to bring in Susan Kare, who designed some of the first Macintosh icons, to talk about icon graphic design and user interface. Other witnesses are to include computer science professor Ravin Balakrishnan, expert designer Alan Ball, damage analysis consultant Julie Davis and another computer science professor Karan Singh.
From Samsung, vice president of mobile product strategy and marketing Justin Dension, senior director of product marketing Drew Blackard and vice president of Samsung Design Center Jinsoon Kim will testify.
The case, which will address damages for patent infringement, is expected to be resolved on Monday, May 14. A verdict on how much Samsung must pay is expected that day. Appfor violating three design patents.
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The dispute between the companies has been going on since 2011, when Apple sued Samsung for copying the look of the iPhone. Apple was supposed to receive $1 billion in damages, but after several appeals, the damages were reduced to $548 million. Samsung paid the amount in 2015, with $399 million of that amount awarded for patent infringement. At the time, Samsung argued that this was an unreasonable amount for patent infringement and asked the Supreme Court to reduce the amount.
Samsung's appeal was successful and the Supreme Court ordered the Court of Appeal to re-examine the amount Samsung owes Applu for patent infringement. The US Court of Appeals sent the case back to the district court.
