The worldwide mobile phone market declined 1.5% year over year in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12), as Samsung ousted longtime leader Nokia to become the world's top mobile phone vendor.
Apple is demanding that Samsung pay $15 million of the over $60 million in legal fees that the company incurred as part of its first California case against the company.
Judge Lucy Koh has denied Samsung's emergency motion to stay the damages trial which awarded an additional $290 million to Apple for the infringement of its patents.
Following reports of poor sales, Samsung announced worldwide sales of 800,000 Galaxy Gear smart watches; however, that has since been clarified as shipments rather than sales.
Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has allowed Verizon's and T-Mobile's amicus curiae briefs in support of Samsung against Apple