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Flawed Evidence In EU Apple vs. Samsung Case

Posted by Soulskill on from the blame-the-metric-system dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Dutch site webwereld.nl has found incorrect evidence submitted by Apple (Google translation of Dutch original) in the EU design-right case against Samsung. In the ex-parte case, a German judge recently issued a temporary injunction against the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the whole EU except the Netherlands. The faulty evidence is a side-by-side picture of an iPad 2 and the Galaxy Tab. The Tab is scaled to fit the iPad2, and the aspect ratio is changed from 1.46 to 1.36, which more closely matches the iPad 2 aspect ratio of 1.3, according to webwereld.nl."

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  1. Are we to believe... by arcite · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That there were no physical tablets to compare in person? Was the judgement made solely based on 'pictures?...

  2. Wait, what? by WillyWanker · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You mean Apple lied, fabricated, or otherwise obfuscated the truth? You. Don't. Say. Color me [not] shocked.

  3. Sizes are clearly stated by etresoft · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just below the picture in question, the sizes of the two devices are clearly stated. I didn't even need Google Translate to see that.

  4. Not so much by Theaetetus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you actually go to the complaint, you see that there are several photos of the actual Tab, showing the different aspect ratio. There's also a listing of the actual dimensions of both, side by side.