Apple Must Reveal Australia Mobile-Phone Contracts to Samsung, Judge Rules

Apple must provide Samsung with its contracts with Australian mobile-phone carriers as the South Korean company demanded in a patent dispute with the iPhone maker, a judge ruled. Apple needs to produce agreements it has with Vodafone Group Plc, SingTel Optus Ltd. and Telstra Corp., should Apple fail to agree on an assertion in Samsung’s patent lawsuit that the carriers are contractually obliged to subsidize iPhone sales, Australia Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett ordered.