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Lawyers for Apple showed an internal Samsung document that likened the look of their rival gadgets to "Heaven and Earth."
But Samsung strategy chief Justin Denison called that kind of language "hyperbole," saying it sounded like something senior executives would have used to motivate and energize employees.
"What we would like to be able to do is just compete in the market," Denison said. Asked by Apple attorney Bill Lee whether there was a difference between competing "fairly and squarely" and taking someone else's intellectual property, he said: "Yes."
Apple later called Peter Bressler, a college professor with electronics design experience and some 70 patents to his name, who analyzed a number of Samsung Galaxy gadgets and the iPhone and iPad.
They were "substantially the same", said Bressler, who lectures at the University of Pennsylvania and founded the design firm Bressler Group. He has worked with clients including Motorola in the past.
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The U.S. company accuses Samsung of copying the design and some features of its iPad and iPhone, and is asking for billions of dollars in damages and sales bans. The Korean company, which is trying to expand in the U.S. market, says Apple infringed some of its key wireless technology patents.
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