Apple says it all.

If you are following my rambling rants from Sprint's stumbling stock price to Obama's eclectic economic programs, then you will not be surprised to read my comments on the Apple v Samsung litigation. Summarily speaking, Apple and Samsung are both giant corporations with thousands of patents, hundreds of attorneys and billions of dollars. So here is what happened recently in court and remember Samsung's core defense is that the Samsung Galaxy is easily distinguishable from the Apple  iPad.

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U.S. district judge Lucy Koh has ruled that Samsung’s tablets infringe on Apple patents. The product won’t be banned in the States, but it means more hassles for Samsung. Worse, the company’s lawyers made a huge blunder in court.

Reuters reports that at one point during the hearing, Koh held both an iPad and a Galaxy Tab 10.1 above her head and asked Samsung’s lawyers if they could tell which was which at a distance of only 10 feet.

“Not at this distance your honor,” said Kathleen Sullivan, a Samsung attorney.

The judge asked the question again, this time of the entire Samsung legal team. “Can any of Samsung’s lawyers tell me which one is Samsung and which one is Apple?” she asked. After a moment or two, one of the team got the right answer.

“It took a long time to make that distinction,” Judge Koh said.
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I am just guessing that the legal fees on this case are in the tens of millions of dollars. And legal language aside with no doubt dozens of depositions, tens of thousands of pages of carefully worded artfully written legal briefs, numerous expert witnesses and the trump question was - If they are so easily distinguishable, can any one here tell the difference? Guess not. Next case. Anyone for a drink?


There is nothing as profound as the right question.