Apple Versus Samsung Patent Trial Kicks Off in Australia

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Apple Versus Samsung Patent Trial Kicks Off in Australia

Reuters | July 23, 2012 | 04:47 AM EDT

Apple and Samsung Electronics began the latest round of their long-running global patent war on Monday as an Australian judge began hearing evidence for an anticipated three-month trial.

While any decision in the Australian case is unlikely to have a substantial impact in other jurisdictions like Europe or the United States where the technology giants are suing each other, lawyers say the trial proceedings could reshape the legal strategies employed by Apple and Samsung in other countries.

Mark Summerfield, a patent lawyer and senior associate with Melbourne-based law firm Watermark, said "there's no doubt there's a strategic and psychological effect" attached to the Australian case. "Courts in other countries will watch what is happening here," he said.

Apple [ AAPL?604.30? -10.02 (-1.63%) ] and Samsung representatives declined to comment on Monday at the hearing.

Apple and Samsung have been fighting across 10 countries since April 2011 ver patents covering smartphones and tablets, with the Australian disputecentering on touch-screen technology used in Samsung's new Galaxy 10.1 tablet.

The quarrel has triggered expectations that some of the pair's $5 billion-plus elationship may be up for grabs. Samsung counts Apple as its biggest ustomer and makes parts central to Apple's mobile devices.

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