Google has asked Samsung phones and tablets as not to resemble Apple products

Samsung Electronics has asked Google to change design smartphones and tablets to make them resemble less with competing products from Apple, according to e-mails revealed in the process of Apple and Samsung.

One of Apple’s lawyers, Harold McElhinny presented in court Wednesday internal email Samsung in February 2010 in which it talks about the comments “chief designer Cho” after participated in a meeting with representatives of Google.

“Since too much like Apple, make it visibly different from the front,” reads the e-mail, referring to one of the tablets produced by the South Korean company.

Apple introduced the e-mail as evidence in the third week of trial against Samsung, tried before a federal jury in San Jose, California.

Heard as a witness, designer Kim Jin Soo Samsung said in court that he had not seen the e-mail presented by Apple lawyer. He indicated that the exchange of messages could be held to a higher level in the corporate hierarchy.
A second message, sent a week later and referred calls.

“We announce directives foreman who was at the meeting yesterday with senior executives (…) must answer the question of similarity of design to series S” reads the e-mail and Kim confirmed the message refers to smartphones developed by South Korean company.
E-mail and the problem is similarity between tablets prepared by Samsung and Apple iPad.

“Google asks vehemently opposite distinctive design iPad. Consider Google request, but if possible try to keep the current design and observe and think operators (telecom – No)” reads the message.

Kim said in court that remembers not have received such a directive from his bosses and the documents are new to him.

Google spokesman Jim Prosser, Bloomberg has not responded to requests for comment.

The two companies accused each other of intellectual theft and violation of patents and design patents in the field of smartphones and tablets respectively in the wireless telecommunications technology.

San Jose is the first Apple-Samsung battle that goes before the jury. The companies are judged on similar issues in about 30 actions on four continents.

Samsung phones developed based on Google’s Android operating system have helped the company climb this year on the first place among manufacturers in the market.

Apple sued for at least $ 2.5 billion from Samsung and transform a temporary ban on sale of Samsung tablet in the U.S. in one continuous, which could then be extended by the court and smartphones.

Samsung is trying to convince jurors that the patents are invalid and that Apple violated patents in the U.S. group tehnolgiilor the wireless telecommunications.