23.10.2013 12:50 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple and Samsung spar over leaked license contracts

Apple and Samsung Electronics exchanged heated words in court Tuesday over allegations that Samsung's lawyers leaked details of confidential Apple licensing agreements to Samsung executives.Apple asked the court to impose "severe sanctions" against Samsung for the disclosures, which it says allowed the South Korean firm to gain unfair leverage in negotiations with Apple and other companies.William Lee, an attorney for Apple, said there had been a "massive disclosure of highly confidential information" by one of Samsung's outside law firms."What we've discovered is remarkable in scope and remarkable in the extent of the violations," he told Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose.Samsung's lawyers shared the information, including terms of an Apple license contract with Nokia, with more than 200 people, according to Lee, including 90 Samsung employes and attorneys at 19 different law firms, some of which are invo

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