Apple to file emergency motion for sanctions against Samsung

Apple is, to put it mildly, not pleased with Samsung, and it plans to file an emergency motion in federal court asking for its rival to be sanctioned. In a two-page letter sent to U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh, Apple's lawyer, William F. Lee of WilmerHale, said Samsung lawyer John Quinn's declaration in which he said the company's release of links to evidence that was previously blocked were legal and ethical failed to identify who wrote the statement and who released it.

"Samsung's multiple references to the jury in its statement make plain its intent that the jurors in our case learn of arguments the court has excluded through the press," Lee said. "This deliberate attempt to influence the trial with inadmissible evidence is both improper and unethical." Apple went on to say it would file an emergency motion for sanctions later Wednesday "and other relief that may be appropriate."