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Apple and Samsung Electronics began the latest round of their long-running global patent war on Monday as an Australian judge began hearing evidence for an anticipated three-month trial.
While any decision in the Australian case is unlikely to have a substantial impact in other jurisdictions like Europe or the United States where the technology giants are suing each other, lawyers say the trial proceedings could reshape the legal strategies employed by Apple and Samsung in other countries.
Mark Summerfield, a patent lawyer and senior associate with Melbourne-based law firm Watermark, said “there’s no doubt there’s a strategic and psychological effect” attached to the Australian case. “Courts in other countries will watch what is happening here,” he said.
