Meanwhile, Judge Koh has handed down
an appealable final judgment in that first California Apple v. Samsung case, the parties appealed, and Samsung has already filed its opening brief with the Federal Circuit (the part concerning design patent damages — the bulk of the billion - dollar verdict, or «$ 929 million verdict» after a limited damages retrial, to be precise — has significant support in the U.S. legal community).
I have a SCOTUSBlog preview of next Tuesday's oral argument in Hall v. Hall, addressing when a
judgment dismissing one action is
final and
appealable when multiple actions were consolidated for all purposes under FRCP 42.