Yesterday began the most important trial among Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), si Samsung, a process in which extremely many disclosures are made, a process that will probably seriously affect the two companies. In this process, Apple further accused Samsung of copying the design of iDevices, the Asian company defending himself by answering that he acted on the basis of the American spirit. The lawyer from Samsung stated that this happens in a competitive environment, that this is what the Americans do, but I think that the USA confused the country of clones, China. Apple's lawyer presented an internal Samsung document in which the company's employees claimed that the iPhone hardware was easy to copy, the Asian company's lawyer defended himself saying that Samsung is not an ordinary copier and the "fun" continued like this for few hours.
"It's called competition," Verhoeven said. "That's what we do in America."
"Artists don't laugh that often when people steal their designs," McElhinny said, expressing outrage on behalf of his Cupertino-based client.
"Samsung is not some copyist, some Johnny-come-lately doing knockoffs," he told the jurors, adding, "There's a distinction between commercial success and inventing something."
Apple's lawyer then showed jurors an internal Samsung document which said the iPhone's hardware was "easy to copy." Verhoeven countered by saying, again, that all companies bring in competitor's products to compete.
"The evidence will be that Apple has made that vision a reality," said Apple's McElhinny, "so much that it really is hard to remember what phones looked like before. "
Moving on to more serious things, those from Samsung have published in the last few days dozens of prototypes of Apple's iDevices and this because the trial court refused to take them into account in the trial. The judge presiding over the case did not take kindly to the move by Samsung and asked for explanations from the lawyer and company representatives. Those from Samsung considered that those documents reveal without a doubt the fact that they did not copy the design of the iPhone, but it seems that the judge presiding over the case wants to find out who authorized their publication and there is a chance that some legal sanctions will be imposed by her. The process between the two companies has only just begun, and everything we see now is nothing compared to everything that will follow.
Judge Koh was none too pleased with the move herself, calling for an immediate meeting with Quinn. "Tell Mr. Quinn I'd like to see him today," Koh said. "I want to know who drafted the press release, who authorized it from the legal team."
Koh was "livid" when she found out about the All Things D story and press release, and demanded to know if Quinn was involved. "I want Mr. Quinn's declaration as to what his role was," said Koh. "I want to know who authorized it."
