The latest round of Samsung’s epic US patents battle with Apple has begun in the now-familiar federal courtroom in San Jose, California, where a 2012 jury awarded $1.05bn in damages to the iPhone maker. There are other elements of d’j’ vu ‘ same judge, virtually the same legal teams, many of the same witnesses and similar opening arguments, especially from Apple. If anything, the stakes are even higher this time ‘ Samsung is portraying Apple’s infringement claims as nothing less than an assault on the whole Android platform; while Apple will argue that its competitor’s copying has been so flagrant as to justify even higher damages than last time. This time, it is seeking $2bn from its nemesis, a claim…