Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Oct 2012 22:11 UTC
Previously redacted documents presented in the Apple-Samsung case do not support Apple's claims that Samsung issued a 'copy-the-iPhone'-order to its designers. It's pretty damning. Apple has very selectively and actively deleted sections of internal Samsung documents and talks to make it seem as if Samsung's designers were ordered to copy the iPhone. With the unredacted, full documents without Apple's deletions in hand, a completely different picture emerges: Samsung's designers are told to be as different and creative as possible. There's no 'copy the iPhone'-order anywhere, as Apple claimed. Instead, it says this: "designers rightly must make their own designs with conviction and confidence; do not strive to do designs to please me (the president); instead make designs with faces that are creative and diverse." I guess my initial scepticism about the documents was not uncalled for. What do you know - lawyers twist and turn the truth. Shocker, huh?
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RE: The proof is in the pudding
by unclefester on Tue 9th Oct 2012 05:42
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RE: The proof is in the pudding
by Sauron on Tue 9th Oct 2012 08:35
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What does it matter what is there in the document. Wasn't it plainly clear by looking at Samsung Galaxy S that it was a deliberate attempt to copy iPhone? It was not only the phone itself; even the packaging and charger design etc were copied from Apple. Anybody who thinks otherwise is deluding himself.
Hey! I just Rep-Rapped a rectangle with rounded corners, better leg it before the Apple Lawyers turn up huh?
RE: The proof is in the pudding
by aldo on Tue 9th Oct 2012 16:16
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RE[2]: The proof is in the pudding
by jared_wilkes on Tue 9th Oct 2012 16:23
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No. This meeting was in February of 2010, a month before the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S. The Galaxy S was certainly already developed but there was no audience response of "perceived failings." What is being accused is that the Galaxy S is the first phone that takes this new direction, not that it comparably fails to hold up to the iPhone as previous generations of Samsung products between 2007 and 2010.
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What does it matter what is there in the document. Wasn't it plainly clear by looking at Samsung Galaxy S that it was a deliberate attempt to copy iPhone? It was not only the phone itself; even the packaging and charger design etc were copied from Apple. Anybody who thinks otherwise is deluding himself.