Samsung accuses Apple’s attorney of racist remark during closing arguments in damages case

As the retrial to settle the damages in the Apple vs Samsung patents case reaches its closing arguments, Samsung’s lawyer Bill Price accused Apple attorney Harold McElhinny of a racist remark, asking for a mistrial to be declared, reports Bloomberg.

Harold McElhinny, Apple’s attorney, spoke yesterday of his memory as a child of watching television on American-made sets, and how because the manufacturers didn’t protect their intellectual property their products no longer exist. “We all know what happened,” he said at the conclusion of a damages retrial [...]

McElhinny was “appealing to race,” Price told the judge. “I thought we were past that.” … 

McElhinny denied that his statement had been racist.

I did not say a word about race, and I did not say Asian.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected Samsung’s motion for a mistrial. Price said he planned to file another motion under a different rule – apparently he doesn’t think he’s winning …

Apple is asking for $380M – a little less than the $410M it was originally awarded – while Samsung argues that it owes just under $53M.  Phil Schiller had earlier put the importance of the iPhone into perspective by stating that Apple “bet the company” on it

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