Judge: Sanction for Samsung's leak of Apple secrets is public shaming

US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal was furious. Details of a patent licensing deal between Apple and Nokia that were turned over to Samsung's outside counsel with an agreement -- protected by court order -- that they would absolutely, positively never be seen by Samsung itself -- turned up in the hands of a Samsung licensing executive who told a shocked Nokia executive: "all information leaks." Judge Grewel delivered his answer: His "public findings of wrongdoing" -- plus court costs -- would be "sufficient both to remedy Apple and Nokia's harm and to discourage similar conduct in the future." To the judge, in his courtroom, a public finding of wrongdoing probably seems like a big deal. Outside the court, where most people live, his admonishment is likely to get lost.