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Apple Inc. is Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. for copying the design, look and the packaging of its iPhone and iPad products. Apple alleges that Samsung’s Galaxy phones and tablet computers infringe the patents of its . Included in the of infringements are the use of the hand gestures used on Apple’s touch , the colour and shape of Samsung’s devices, and even the of the boxes in which Samsung’s gadgets are . Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, accused Samsung of violating Apple trademarks and patents. He included the Korean giant in a list of companies making tablets that would 2011 the “Year of Copycats.” Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesperson, said the company had to its intellectual copyright.

Samsung executives are not at having to fight Apple in court. The two companies are dependent on other in many ways. Samsung supplies many of the for Apple’s iPhone. A Samsung spokesperson said his company’s “development of core technologies and the strengthening of our property portfolio are keys to our continued .” He added: “Samsung will respond actively to this legal taken against us through appropriate legal measures to protect our intellectual property.” The courtroom battle is set to months, perhaps years. A lot is at stake. Industry analysts predict tablet computers will overtake personal computers in global . Apple is determined the iPhone, introduced in 2007, and the iPad, which came in 2010, will continue as market .