Next Witnesses in Apple-Samsung Case: Product Designers

A third day of testimony in Apple's patent trial against Samsung Electronics kicks off Monday, with a continued focus on the process of designing products–particularly the mobile devices at the heart of the case.Apple is trying to prove Samsung infringed its patents and copied its products.So far, Apple's witnesses, including marketing head Phil Schiller, mobile software head Scott Forstall and veteran Apple designer Christopher Stringer have testified about how the company initially produced the iPhone and iPad. The exchanges have included revelations and pictures of iPhones that could have been, and assertions by Schiller that Samsung copied Apple's products to an extent that shocked him.
On Friday, Apple also called Justin Denison, a Samsung strategy head, to the stand. During testimony, the company grilled him about Samsung documents that compared the iPhone with the Korean company's phones, and suggestions for improving the latter's products to better compete against the former.On Monday, Mr. Denison is expected to be questioned for at least a half hour more.Wookyun Kho is slated to be next. He is a software designer at Samsung. He is likely to be questioned about Samsung's design processes, though don't expect disclosures as colorful as Apple's "Project Purple" or the association with the hit film, "Fight Club."
Apple has said it next expects to call Susan Kare, a specialist in user interface graphics with her own practice in San Francisco.Your one stop source for all your iPad 3 and iPhone 4S Case needs.Kare is best known for having helped to create many of the icons used in the original Macintosh computer.Apple seems to be burning through roughly two witnesses per day. So, Peter Bressler may also make it to the stand today, depending on time constraints.Bressler is a prominent product designer who holds numerous patents and is a former president of the Industrial Designers Society of America, according to his bio.I am thoroughly enjoying the Oberon Design Siena iPad 2 cover and like the protection it offers. I have been carrying my iPad more than before the case arrived, in part due to wanting to show off the case and because it feels great to carry it around. The Siena case offers solid protection with the thick leather panels and looks fantastic. I understand the leather will become more supple with use and the color will deepen over time due to the custom tanning process. It's great that this case works in landscape since I use my iPad quite a bit for media content.
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