Apple Insider dug up an interesting piece in the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit that's happening between Apple and Samsung. According to court documents, Samsung approved a snarky Apple attack ad, which poked fun at its customers for waiting in long lines to buy the new iPhone, just two days after Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs died.
Samsung was worried that Jobs' death in 2011 would overshadow its impending launch of the Galaxy S II. So, it reneged on its stance of not publicly attacking Apple to run that now-infamous anti-iPhone ad campaign. Emails between Samsung Vice President of U.S. Sales Mike Pennington and its American group CEO Dale Sohn show the pair eager to capitalize on Jobs' death.
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