Samsung's latest legal maneuver in its ongoing patent war with Apple has been shot down by a US court. The company was attempting to get Judge Paul S. Grewal to issue a subpoena demanding that Apple turn over evidence so it could use it in a case getting underway in Japan. The evidence included the iPhone used on stage by Steve Jobs during the device's unveiling in 2007 and another used in a demonstration video posted to Apple's website.
Judge Grewal denied the request on the grounds that it appeared Samsung was attempting to circumvent the discovery process of the Japanese tribunal hearing the case. In essence, he stated that the foreign court should have the chance to go
