News of the lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has seemed pretty serious, not that Samsung has noticed – Samsung is now claiming that the Apple lawsuit will not be legally problematic, although they did admit it could grow.
The lawsuit alleged that Samsung has intentionally “borrowed” from Apple’s designs time and time again, with software and hardware features and appearances designed to mimic the iPhone 4 and iPad.
Samsung insists on releasing more Android tablets, despite the pending legal matter. This morning, the Wall Street Journal quoted Samsung’s J.K. Shin, who emphasized this determination to more Honeycomb tablets this year as they continue to work on future tablets. Further, their senior vice president of sales and marketing, Younghee Lee, added the following:
Samsung is content on releasing more Android tablets despite that pending legal spat with Apple, which is accusing them of stealing the iPad’s and iPhone’s design, software features and hardware engineering with the Galaxy-branded tablets and smartphones. The Wall Street Journal quoted this morning Samsung’s J.K. Shin who underscored his company’s determinacy to release more Honeycomb tablets this year as they “continue to work with Android on future tablets”. Their senior vice president of sales and marketing Younghee Lee added:
Android is the fastest-growing platform and the market direction is headed toward Android so we’re riding the wave. When there is a market need for our own software, we will consider it but that’s not our plan at the moment.
When asked to comment on that pending lawsuit with Apple, Shin responded:
We didn’t copy Apple’s design. We have used many similar designs over the past years and it [Apple’s allegation] will not be legally problematic.
The statement seems weird, considering the ridiculous similarities between many of their products with the iPhone and iPad, even down to their connector, which looks shockingly like Apple’s 30-pin connector.
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[9to5Mac]
