May 30, 2011 06:13 GMT  ·  By

Samsung’s legal department is demanding to see the unreleased iPhone 5 and iPad 3, following Apple’s own request to have a look at some of the Korean company’s unreleased products, sources inform.

People with knowledge of the matter say Samsung is not backing off in its spat with Apple in which the latter is citing major similarities between their products and Samsung’s.

The judge presiding the case already granted Apple access to the Samsung devices, but many of these had already been made public.

By contrast, the next-generation iPhone and iPad are under the Apple-branded veil of secrecy.

Still, the Cupertino tech giant will have no choice but to show them to Samsung’s lawyers, should the judge grant the motion.

A screenshot depicting Samsung’s reciprocal discovery requests to Apple reveals that the Korean electronics manufacturer is asking to see:

a) a sample of the final, commercial version of the next generation iPhone that Apple will release, whether that product will be known as the “iPhone 4S”, “iPhone 5,” or some other name, along with the final version of the packaging in which this product will be delivered to retail customers and a final version of the insert(s) that will be included within such packaging; and

b) a sample of the final, commercial version of the next generation iPad that Apple will release, whether that product will be known as the “iPad 3,” “Third Generation iPad,” or some other name, along with the final version of the packaging in which this product will be delivered to retail customers and a final version of the insert(s) that will be included within such packaging.

Needless to point out, if Samsung is granted its motion to see Apple’s next-gen portables, it will be only the legal department that gets to analyze them to determine the veracity of Apple’s claims for their part.

Should any substantial leak occur around this time, Apple would have yet another reason to point fingers at Samsung in court.

It is worth noting that Samsung is the manufacturer of the A4 and A5 chips found in Apple's iPhones and iPads.