Samsung trots out Roger Fidler's tablet from '90s against Apple

Source SF Bay on August 14, 2012 0 Comments
Roger Fidler, ipad, tablet, RJI, Reynolds Journalism Institute
"SAMSUNG TROTS OUT ’90S TABLET AGAINST APPLE," SF Bay, August 14, 2012.

Samsung lawyers continued their aggressive defense against Apple Tuesday in their landmark smartphone trial, assailing Apple on patent infringement, prior art and their designs.

To open Tuesday’s courtroom action, objections from Intel over testimony concerning their code forced Samsung to redo the order in which it is calling witnesses to counter Apple’s claims of infringement and to attack Apple based on asserting Samsung patents.

Mentioned later in the article is Program Director for Digital Publishing Roger Fidler:

With the jury excused for lunch, Apple wanted Samsung to bring in an actual version of Roger Fidler’s tablet mockup, which Samsung claims is prior art rendering Apple’s design claims invalid.

Through a video deposition, Samsung showed the tablet mockup design created by Fidler, who was working in the 1980s and 1990s for Knight Ridder to demonstrate the future of newspaper reading.

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