Apple: Samsung Uses Patent Dispute to Sell Tablets

As we all know, Samsung has recently been at the centre of a rather large set of patent disputes with Apple. Typically any form of legal dispute has a harsh and serious effect on the way that company does business; it turns out, not for Samsung.

This advertisement has emerged in an Australian news paper, calling the Samsung Galaxy Tab "The Tablet Apple tried to stop". 

As well as this, Samsung has declared that the publicity generated from the disputes alone, has made "Samsung a household name" according to Samsung Australia vice president of telecommunications Tyler McGee in The Sydney Morning Herald. 

Apple (Cupertino, CA) has had numerous patent disputes with Samsung in the past year, leading to (near) sales bans of Samsung devices in many countries. Apple recently had an injunction that banned the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Australia, that was lifted on December 9th.