When the trial resumes today both sides will begin their opening arguments in a case that is expected to last four weeks. Jurors will be expected to decide whether Samsung "slavishly" Apple's designs, as the iPhone-maker claims, and whether Apple unlawfully used 3G technology patented by Samsung.
The case is the largest of several courtroom battles between the two technology giants which have spread around the world. The two firms have faced each other in court in Britain, Germany and Australia.
Documents released in the run-up to the trial show that Apple plans to argue that Samsung had a "deliberate plan to free-ride on the iPhone’s and iPad’s extraordinary success by copying their iconic designs and intuitive user interface.
Apple's lawyers added: "Apple will rely on Samsung’s own documents, which tell an unambiguous story."
Apple released documents including communications from Google to Samsung saying that the Korean firm's tablets looked "too similar" to the iPad.
Samsung is likely to counter-claim that it had been working on designs that could be seen as similar to the iPhone since before Apple released its device. They are expected to suggest that the basic hardware and software features of competing smartphones and tablet computers mean that a degree of similarity in design is inevitable.
Kevin Packingham, Samsung's chief product officer, said yesterday: "For us, it’s unreasonable that we’re fighting over rectangles, that that’s being considered as an infringement, which is why we’re defending ourselves."
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