14 DAY TRIAL // There was bound to be some talk and snooping around the web after the pro-Samsung verdict in the US and, sure enough, a certain leak shows something interesting indeed.
A poorly redacted copy of the Apple/Samsung US preliminary injunction ruling (which has since been replaced) showed something Apple probably didn't mean to make known to the general public.
In it, the Cupertino company essentially invalidates its main claim that the products would damage its business if allowed to sell.
Apple has been trying to get Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, along with some smartphones, banned from the US, and not only.
The US court refused the motion a short time ago, finding that the patents either were probably invalid or weren't actually going to cause irreparable harm to Apple.
Now, adding insult to injury, the aforementioned document (in its original form) revealed that Apple had conducted its own research into whether or not Samsung's items really could be so damaging.
Apparently, its own findings implied that was not the case at all, and that the devices were actually taking away from other Android companies.
At the end of the day, Apple customers aren't likely to toss away their iPhones and iPads and just switch over to a Samsung item.
The Apple vs. Samsung drama is one of those that will last for a long time.
Samsung said it had set aside $200 million just to use for this lawsuit war, while Apple continues to seek injunctions against its products all over the world.
Alas, Australian judges found that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 should not have been banned there in the first place either, so the slate should finally reach customers in a few days.
Meanwhile, a new fight has sprouted over the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, a slightly modified model of the original that Samsung made for Germany.
Patent system woes really are here to stay, unfortunately.