Apple is planning to add Samsung's latest smartphone to the second patent infringement trial.
A file to the U.S. District Court Northern District of California in San Jose by Apple features the Cupertino-based organization listing 22 products that they claim infringed on their patents. Although not officially listed, a footnote is provided in regards to the Galaxy S4.
Apple stated the Galaxy S4, which began to ship across a number of locations worldwide late last month, has infringed on their patents, however, per a court order, Apple can only list 22 items, not 23.
"Based on Apple's analysis of the Galaxy S4, Apple has concluded that it is an infringing device and accordingly intends to move for leave to add the Galaxy S4 as an infringing product," reads Apple's filing. "Upon the grant of such motion, Apple will eliminate (without prejudice) one of the Accused Products named herein, so that it will continue to accuse only 22 products of infringement at this stage of the litigation."
Apple's move comes roughly a week after it won an order to have Google submit documents regarding the Android mobile platform. According to Apple, Google must disclose how they are searching for documents previously requested by the Cupertino-based company. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal granted the order.
"The court cannot help but note the irony that Google, a pioneer in searching the Internet, is arguing that it would be unduly burdened by producing a list of how it searched its own files," wrote Grewal in his order.
"It's a question of transparency," said Apple attorney Mark Lyon to Judge Grewal. "We have concerns that [Google is] not doing a full search."
Lyon's name is also the main signature found in the new Galaxy S4 documents.
As Latinos Post has been monitoring, Judge Koh reduced the $1.05 billion verdict of the first trial, awarded by a jury to Apple last August, by 40 percent. The percentage equates to approximately $450.5 million.
The second patent infringement trial is set for spring 2014, where both sides have accused the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, and Galaxy Note 2 in infringing a patent. Additional accused products, according to Apple, are the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, and the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1.