Judge Koh Sets Dec. 6 Hearing on Apple’s Request to Ban Several Samsung Phones

The paperwork continues in the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. Aiming to put some limits on things, Judge Lucy Koh established a schedule for post-trial filings as well as a pair of hearings in the case.

The parties will indeed show up in court on Sep. 20, though that day’s hearing will cover only Samsung’s effort to have an injunction lifted against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 now that the tablet has been found not to infringe on an Apple design patent. Apple’s request for an injunction against at least eight Samsung phones — as well as Samsung’s effort to have the jury’s verdict set aside — will be heard at a Dec. 6 hearing, Judge Koh announced. The December hearing date means that the injunction will likely have even less practical impact. The phones in the case are largely older models already, though the list does include several versions of the Galaxy S II, which is still being sold, as well as Verizon’s Droid Charge.