Apple Says No To Samsung’s Request To See Upcoming Products

Those keeping up with the tech world news should be well aware of the whole Apple and Samsung patent infringement lawsuit whereby Apple sued Samsung, claiming that their designs were infringing on their patents of the iPhone and iPad, and when compared side-to-side it’s really hard not to agree with Apple. The lawsuit further progressed to the point where the court had order Samsung turn over several of their new devices to Apple for them to go over and make sure that there were no further patent infringements.

Samsung obviously wasn’t too thrilled about that and responded in kind by requesting that Apple turn over their new products, namely the next generation iPhone and iPad, and everyone in the tech world knows that Apple is extremely secretive when it comes to their new products, to which they denied Samsung’s request, and claimed that Samsung was just trying to harass Apple.

Richard J. Lutton, chief patent counsel for Apple, said in one filing that “Apple is widely recognized as one of the most secretive companies in the world.” He also stated that “Apple’s new product announcements are major events in the technology industry,” in an effort to draw a distinction between Samsung’s products and Apple’s.

It would be pretty interesting if the court allowed this request to go through, although it does seem unlikely.