How Apple overwhelmed Samsung’s patent case tactics


BIG HIT: An Apple IPhone 4s and Samsung Galaxy S. Shares in Samsung tumbled more than 7% on Monday, set for its biggest daily percentage drop in nearly four years, wiping US$12bil (RM36bil) off its market value. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: In August 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc lawyers flew to South Korea.

Apple’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, had already told Samsung executives at a meeting earlier that summer that he considered the Galaxy S, based on Google’s Android operating system, an illegal copy of the iPhone.

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