Sh*t Judge Lucy Koh says: Our top 5 favorites

Sometimes patent cases are boring. In the Apple versus Samsung patent case, however, there's been one shining, albeit unexpected, entertainer: the judge.

Samsung was warned about Apple-esque designs — surprising no one

Gearing up for its long-awaited patent trial with Samsung in California next week, Apple is planning to show that Samsung was aware of its very similar tablet and smartphone designs, based on warnings from Google, other designers, and even its …

Samsung: Apple prefers lawsuits to licensing 3G patents

In the apparently never-ending back-and-forth courtroom battle between Apple and Samsung, the South Korean electronics firm told an Australian judge Monday that the Cupertino, Calif. iPad maker “refused to negotiate” about licensing 3G-related patents.

Instead, Apple sued the Galaxy tablet …