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Samsung Lawyer Fails To Differentiate iPad and Galaxy Tab In Court

Posted by Soulskill on from the shouldn't-you-know-these-things dept.

Several readers sent in a story that's sure to be embarrassing for Samsung. The company has been involved in a drawn-out patent dispute with Apple over similarities between the Galaxy Tab and the iPad. Today, during a court session, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh held up both objects and asked one of Samsung's attorneys whether she could identify which was which. The attorney replied, "Not at this distance, your honor." The distance was roughly 10 feet. The judge then quizzed the rest of Samsung's lawyers. After a brief hesitation, one of them was able to correctly identify the Galaxy Tab.

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  1. Re:Not allowed to look closely? by narcc · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you took ANY pre-iPad tablet and tried to tell the difference, it would be simple.

    Any pre-iPad tablet? Nonsense!

      http://www.2imgs.com/6c941c36e5

    Take a look at these three pre-iPad tablets: JooJoo, HP Slate and CrunchPad. They look like iPad "clones" to me. It's astonishing that they were displayed before the iPad was announced. They must have a time machine that can steal Apples designs from the future!

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