One of the key points of the system through which Apple convinced a German court to block sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe was the similar design between the 2 tablets. In the image above, we have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet with an aspect ratio of 1.46 on the top right, and the iPad 2 tablet with an aspect ratio of 1.30 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with an aspect ratio of 1.36 on the bottom. A publication from Holland would have discovered that the images used by Apple in front of the German court show a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that is much wider than it is in reality, a tablet that resembles the iPad 2 much better.
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."
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.
Apple's lawyers would have based their arguments on the basis of these photos and if you look closely at them, you will notice that in the bottom image the tablets have almost identical dimensions, but in reality the Samsung tablet looks like the one in the top right image. If Apple's lawyers used wrong images and misled the court that decided to ban the sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets in Europe, then somewhere in the German legal system there is a problem. Of course, there is a very big problem with Apple's lawyers and if these images were the basis of the decision made in Germany, then the lawyers who pleaded in the trial should be held accountable.
It is hard but not impossible to believe that Apple would have resorted to such tricks to win the case, but for now no one knows if the images were the basis of the German court's decision.
