Well you have to give it to Apple. If anything, they are relentless. Rather than admit defeat in regards to their recent lawsuit in Australia against Samsung being overturned they’ve come at the Korean company a second time. This time, Apple is expanding its lawsuit to inclue 278 claims that spans across 22 patents and covers 10 new products.
This news was reported by The Australian and according to them, Apple has widened its claims in New South Wales Federal Court today. Samsung’s lead barrister confirmed that Apple expanded its patent lawsuit “enormously” from the three patents regarding features that were packed in the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Also the barrister, Neil Young, states that Samsung was only given a day’s notice of Apple’s legal bid against Samsung being amended to include over 200 claims against smartphones and tablets that haven’t even been seen in the country. 
Given the short notice Samsung won’t even be able file a defense against Apple until mid-May.
Samsung is looking to turn the tables on Apple in attempts to ban the iPhone 4S because of Apple’s infringement of their 3G patents. They are requesting that the courts split the hearing into two parts in order to speed up the process and get their case heard later in February. Of course Apple is opposing this stating that the case would “become chaotic with witnesses being cross-examined while still preparing evidence for the second component of the case”.
In regards to ruling on the patent complaints, Justice Bennett has voiced her eagerness in settling both matters before the year is done. This is to match the pace of the cases in other courts across the globe and both companies are to deliver plans for hearing dates next week. So keep it locked here as we will surely update you on this never ending struggle between the two tech giants. As we saw another Apple defeat in Germany yesterday, things are certain to heat up!
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