- Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) are due to face each other today in two rounds of their long-running global patent battle.
- A federal appeals court is due to decide whether to ban over two dozen Samsung mobile devices after a jury last year found that they breached a number of Apple patents. In the case, the jury ordered Samsung to pay $1B in damages, an amount that a judge reduced to $599M.
- Over at the International Trade Commission (ITC), officials are set to discuss whether to uphold a preliminary finding that Samsung's products violated Apple patents. If the ITC does stick with the initial verdict, it could order a ban on the devices.
- A decision to bar Samsung products could boost Apple in its various patent disputes with other companies as well as with Samsung. However, given that the White House last week overturned a prohibition on certain Apple products, any ban on Samsung may not be implemented.