Samsung accused of document destruction in US case vs Apple

Apple vs. Samsung

Apple vs. Samsung

Just five days before the trial will take place between Apple and Samsung over a collection of patents and possible device design infringements, Samsung has been accused of failing to avoid auto-deleting email evidence. In this case it appears that Apple is seeking evidence which would have been in Samsung’s email archives if Samsung had not had a “rolling basis” for deleting old documents. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal agreed with Apple’s request that jurors should be informed that they can draw “adverse inference” from Samsung’s failure to avoid deleting the files in question. Read the full story at Slashgear.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).