Day 10 of Apple vs. Samsung saw Samsung bring more witnesses to the stand. They called financial expert Michael Wagner to the stand this morning to discuss financials, along with two other experts to discuss how much Apple would owe Samsung if they are found to have infringed their patents.
Wagner stated to the court today that Apple overstated the amount of profit Samsung earns for its mobile products in the U.S. Instead of the 35.5-percent Apple alleged, according to Wagner, Samsung’s U.S. margin is only 12 percent (or $519 million). Apple finished its case last week by asserting Samsung owes $2.5 billion to $2.7 billion in damages for alleged “slavish” copying.
Samsung has claimed Apple copied its patents that cover the emailing of photos from photo albums, playing music from a device, and more.
Two other witnesses took the stand to calculate the amount of royalties Apple would owe Samsung if the company were found to be infringing patents. Vincent O’Brien, a damages expert, testified that for two of Samsung’s patents, Apple should owe $22.8 million to Samsung. Another witness, David Teece, put forth that Apple should owe another $290 million to $399 million for two Samsung patents. That is a grand total of $422 million, which Apple could eventually be ordered to pay out if found guilty.
After the witnesses testimony finished up, Samsung rested its case.
Although Samsung has rested, they can still call rebuttal witnesses if they stay under their allotted 25 hours of testimony.
The case is scheduled to go to the jury next week. However, Judge Koh has asked both Apple and Samsung to try and settle the case before deliberations begin.