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wraith808:
What was the lawsuit about?

Apple worried - especially as all the reviews say it is better than iPad2

Apple iPad 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v: Tablet showdown
http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/381183/apple_ipad_2_vs_samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1v_tablet_showdown/
-Renegade (August 19, 2011, 05:29 AM)
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As one of the comments said: "This is the worst Comparison I've seen."

zridling:
Good point, wraith808. If apple fans see no comparison, no equal to their iPad, then why do Apple lawyers? It's the same trick Apple has always used: interpret everything so broadly that everyone is seen as copying you.

Apple: "Hey, those Samsung bastards have wi-fi? That's a violation!"
Reasonable humanoid: "No it's not."
Apple: "Sue anyway. Sue everybody. Keep suing until they're gone. How are we going to get people to pay $900 for a tablet if others are giving them away at $500!"

wraith808:
Oh, I wasn't saying that there was no comparison.  It's just that the comparison that they put forth was half-baked at best.  They don't even really give any reasons for who won.  Just a chart, and some few blurbs after.

app103:
Apple Offers Flawed Evidence in Lawsuit against Samsung

Groen explains that litigating parties are required by law to provide "complete and truthful" evidence to the judge. This applies regardless of whether flawed evidence is provided intentionally or mistakenly, says Groen, adding that this obligation is even more crucial in an ex parte decision, as the evidence presented to the judge is one-sided.

This requirement is the same in Germany, confirms Florian Müller, a German intellectual property consultant. He reckons the flawed visual evidence could have serious consequences for the case, "provided that any differences between the product shown in Apple's complaint and the actual product are outcome-determinative," says Müller.
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wraith808:
So... this whole thing was because it *looks* like it?  WTH?!?  That's just ... incomprehensible.  They aren't made out of the same type of materials.  The size is obviously different- and if it isn't, that means the bezel is.  And it doesn't have the same controls.  I don't see where this was even a case...

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