Why the New ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Doesn’t Prove Samsung Copied Apple [Opinion]

Mike Elgan (11:21 am PDT, Aug 8th 2012)

New evidence from inside Samsung appears to prove that Samsung copied Apple’s iPhone ideas and used them to design Samsung’s Android phones.

As damning as the “Relative Evaluation Report” appears to be, it does NOT constitute proof that Samsung copied Apple’s ideas or infringed on Apple’s patents, and for 3 reasons.

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