SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aiming to save the jury a headache, the judge in the trial between Apple and Samsung here once again reminded both sides to pare down some of the claims against one another and settle.
"Are there trades that can be made?" U.S. District Court judge Lucy Koh asked lawyers from both companies, adding that she hoped there could be some "horse trading" between the two before the jury sits down to decide the winner.
Judge Koh spent much of the week asking both companies to sort out some of the claims -- which center on patent infringement -- in order to shorten those instructions to jurors. Those instructions are currently a 100-page document that Koh estimates will take about an hour and a half to get through.
The plea comes just a day after Koh politely demanded that chief executives from the two companies at least call one another once more to talk settlement. "I see risks here for both sides," Koh said yesterday, suggesting that the jury could end up coming down on both companies.
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