Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but so far, Apple has been unimpressed with Samsung’s blatant copies of Apple products. In fact, Apple and Samsung are currently in the middle of a lawsuit, because Samsung, according to Apple “imitates the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success.â€
Today, in what may prove to be a regrettable decision, Samsung has given the green light to a new line of covers for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, covers that look conspicuously similar to Apple’s Smart Cover.
The covers, called “Smart Cases†(because Smart Cover is trademarked), are available in five pastel colors, and they fold up exactly like the Smart Cover does. Essentially, they are total Smart Cover clones.
The Smart Cases for the Galaxy Tab are produced by Anymode Corp., and allegedly, Anymode CEO Sang-yong Kim is the nephew of Samsung’s chairman Kun-Hee Lee. In fact, Anymode’s LinkedIn page describes the company as having a “strong affiliation with Samsung Electronics for key accessories supplier globally.â€
Apparently, Samsung simply can’t get enough of Apple’s designs, and they’ve turned to another blatant copy to try to help promote their thus far unsuccessful Galaxy Tab. Are they expecting people to get the Galaxy Tab confused with an iPad? They aren’t fooling anyone, and they may very well be opening themselves up to yet another lawsuit from Apple.
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