U.S. judge ordered Apple Samsung to make a final settlement before the award is

California north district court judge Lucy Koh said Wednesday, in the jury to next week before the final award, apple and samsung both sides CEO should at least to hold a telephone conversation, in order to be able to both sides of the patent infringement lawsuit an out-of-court settlement agreement.

Lucy Koh day said: "has the two sides turn swords into ploughshares time." The judge the day also suggested that, in addition to the U.S. market outside, apple and samsung also should be the two companies in other countries and regions of the patent infringement lawsuit reconciliation, so will best protect their interests.

Last April, apple to samsung first lawsuit said samsung Galaxy series mobile phones and tablet PC suspected of infringing the apple a number of patents, and that Galaxy series product appearance design and function almost completely copy apple iPhone mobile phones and iPad tablet PC. Apple requirements issued by the court injunction to prohibit samsung corresponding infringing products on the market sales, at the same time the requirement samsung to apple payment of damages.

For apple's prosecution, samsung and then at the same time in South Korea, Japan and Germany to apple counterclaim. Since then and in California north district court formal to apple a lawsuit. Samsung says, apple violated the samsung many wireless communication technology patent.

The United States court apple, samsung patent infringement lawsuit of the trial period has entered the third week. On Wednesday the case before the court jury into, Lucy · ke to the two companies lawyer says, whether an apple or samsung, the two sides in let the outside world to get to know their intellectual property importance on matters relating to the success. For the court's mediation behavior, the two companies after the top executives had met several times. But in the lawsuit into trial before the executives are no longer contact.

Lucy Koh said on Wednesday, apple and samsung executives should to do last effort, the author hope to reach a settlement agreement. Lucy ko said: "if the two parties fail to reach an amicable settlement agreement, in fact will be internecine ending." The two companies lawyer says, will convey Lucy Koh of these Suggestions.

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On Wednesday, samsung is still in court to show the witness, including a product designer from South Korea Jin Soo Kim. This designer expounds development Galaxy tablet PC product line of the specific process.

Jin Soo Kim says he in October of 2009, the year began to design one tablet PC, than apple in January 2010 launch iPad tablet PC to early months time. In the Galaxy Tab 10.1 design process, he used a variety of different design schemes. For example, the product display size was eventually as 10.1 inches, is out of the tablet PC volume maximization and reduce the manufacturing cost factors to consider.

Jin Soo Kim said: "as a designer, I really like my job, and are proud of that." Samsung lawyer John Quinn then asked, in the Galaxy tablet PC development process, is copied from the other company's design? Jin Soo Kim answer a way: "have no."

Apple lawyer Harold McElhinny is to Jin Soo Kim shows samsung some internal mail. These mail display, samsung had and Google held a meeting.

These in February 2010 to send E-mail content shows that, in the meeting, Google to samsung executives said samsung should be liable for their early tablet PC are redesigned, the reason is these products and apple iPad are too similar. Google had presided over the development of free Android operating system, and apple prosecution samsung tort smartphone and tablet PC, the operation of the operating system is the Android.

This Jin Soo Kim responded by saying that he himself is neither to attend the meeting, nor colleagues have reported to him about it.

The nine members of the jury will start next week review activities.