Aug 19, 2011 14:03 GMT  ·  By

Apple has sued almost everyone in the mobile industry claiming that companies are infringing various patents it holds in user experience, but one of the most common cases lately is the one against Samsung.

The Cupertino-based company has filed complaints against Samsung in various countries around the world, alleging that the latter is copying its products.

The company has had a strong case against the South Korean handset vendor, as the fact that Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets were banned for a period in Germany shows, but it turned out that things might not be this way in the end.

Apparently, Apple's lawyers filed inaccurate evidence to the case, and users in Germany can now purchase Samsung's tablet again in their country.

Moreover, chances are that a similar move was made in a case against Samsung in the Netherlands as well, at least this is what the latest reports on the matter suggest.

Among the images that Apple showed in court to prove that Samsung's Galaxy S devices are similar with the iPhone, there are some that have been resized to serve their purpose.

The Galaxy S image available in the file was resized about 6 percent, which made the mobile phone seem almost identical with the Apple iPhone.

The Android-based mobile phone measures 122.4 x 64.2 mm, while the iPhone 3G measures 115.5 x 62.1 mm, but the image in the file shows that the two have a similar size.

However, Apple does say that the Galaxy S has “some non-identical elements, such as the slightly larger dimensions,” but the image clearly shows otherwise.

Samsung's lawyer, Bas Berghuis of Simmons and Simmons, did say in court that Apple has been “manipulating visual evidence, making Samsung's devices appear more similar to Apple's,” a recent article on ComputerworldUK.com reads.

This comes as a surprise from Apple's part, but the company did not offer a statement on the matter, so as to clear itself or provide explanations. One way or the other, Apple's credibility might have to suffer from this.

What remains to be seen is how things would evolve in both cases. Today's smartphones indeed tend to resemble a lot one another, but various visual elements like size, color, menu layout and the like mark the difference between them.