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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
The judge compared the actual physical galaxy tab to an actual physical ipad.
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Are you sure about that? Considering Samsung wasn't even there, where did Apple get the device to present it to judge, I wonder.
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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Or maybe he was accurately applying German IP law.
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It's she (Johanna Brukner-Hoffman), not he.
German IP laws are nearly identical to Dutch. And court in Netherlands dismissed "oh we've registered this design", "swipe to unlock" and other claims by Apple.
And it was Apple's choice, where to sue, as far as I know.
And note that this is still not a final decision. It's just Samsung tried to lift the sanctions, but Mrs Johanna Brukner-Hoffman refused to since "minimalistic design is not the only way to do it". Not sure what she means, maybe Samsung should have made metal bezel a bit more prominent, like Motorola?
Ipad + Motorola Xoom + Samsung Galaxy Tab
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Oh, and check how
starting screens on these tablet actually look. I'd dare to say motorola/samsung device have a very different look.