Gallery: Who Cheated Whom? Apple v. Samsung Patent Showdown Explained

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    *Apple iPhone Design Patent \-------------------------- Where it all began. Here Apple claims a design patent on the iPhone, which upended the smartphone market, making it mainstream.*
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    *Apple Touchscreen Patent \------------------------ Touch this! You know you want to. It's Apple's touchscreen patent.*
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    *iPhone User Interface Design Patent \----------------------------------- Apple claims Samsung ripped off its UI in many of its Android-powered smartphones.*
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    *Samsung Phone-Camera Patent \--------------------------- Samsung claims Apple stole its patent on a method for how a device can act as a phone and camera.*
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    *Samsung 3G Patent \----------------- Samsung claims in at least two patents that it holds the keys to 3G functionality.*
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    *Samsung MP3 Playback Patent \--------------------------- Oddly, Samsung claims that Apple, which revolutionized mobile-music playing, is infringing Samsung's patent covering MP3 playback on a mobile device.*
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    *Apple iPad Design Patent \------------------------ Is this an iPad or a Galaxy Tab? Apple claims its design patent proves that some of Samsung's tablets are ripoffs.*
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    *Samsung Photo Gallery Patent \---------------------------- Taking photos with an iPhone became a habit quickly -- just ask Instagram. But Samsung claims the iPhone infringes on its patent covering a method for remembering a user's place in a photo gallery.*
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    *Samsung 3G Patent \----------------- Samsung claims it patented the keys to 3G connectivity, which, it says, made the success of the iPhone possible.*
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