Apple's evidence may be flawed in European Samsung case

[meegbear]

Apple and its lawyers have, perhaps inadvertently, misled the judge of a Düsseldorf court by filing flawed evidence of the similarity between the iPad 2 and Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets based on an inaccurate picture, an investigation by Webwereld.nl, a Dutch IDG publication, has found.

But it appears that Apple has failed to provide the German judge with accurate evidence. At least one of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 pictures that Apple provided as evidence in the German case is either wrong or manipulated.

Photographic evidence submitted by Apple, found on page 28 of the German complaint, shows two pictures: the iPad 2 and the alleged Galaxy Tab 10.1, accompanied by Apple's claim that the "overall appearance" of two products is "practically identical."


This image is from the lawsuit. The German text reads: "The overall appearance of the two products shown above is almost identical, because the Galaxy Tab 10.1 copies all distinctive elements of equipment of the iPad 2."

But the picture Apple submitted of the Tab is inaccurate and does not match the real Galaxy Tab 10.1, Webwereld discovered. Further investigations have verified this assessment. The Galaxy Tab due on the European market is taller and more oblong than the iPad 2. However, the shape of what Apple claims to be a Tab 10.1 resembles the iPad very closely.

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A comparison showing the aspect ratios of the Apple iPad 2 and the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219189/Apple_s_evidence_may_be_flawed_in_European_Samsung_case

[onehandle]

1. It turns out that it is one photo out of many, and the only flawed one.

And its from Samsung's own campaign.

For about an hour yesterday, people were all hot about this, but it appears to be over nothing.

[meegbear]

2. Yes, whenever it's about Apple being guilty about something, it's always "over nothing"

Utterly amazing.

[onehandle]

3. Well, they're not 'guilty' of anything here.

Meanwhile, the world's biggest ad spammer just spent almost two years of their profits on a failing company, because they fucked up massively, pitching 'cute' bids for another company and failing there.

Googles is geniuses.

[HopeHoops]

4. Don't worry. Apple's iEvidence 2.0 is due out soon.

Edited for spelling.