Judge Koh rules that Apple cannot force Samsung to reimburse it $16 million for legal fees

Judge Lucy Koh is back in the news. Koh, who presided over both Apple-Samsung patent trials, turned down Apple's request to recover $16 million in attorney fees from Samsung. With a quick flick of her wrists, the judge also released a $2.6 million bond posted by Apple, which the court had requested from Apple so that the latter could seek a sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.



The attorney fees that Apple wanted Samsung to reimburse it for, were related to trade dress claims made by Apple against Samsung during the first patent trial. In total, Apple had four trade dress claims against ...