James Delahunty
10 Feb 2013 13:26
Cook didn't want to start legal fight with Samsung.
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not have an appetite for a legal fight with Samsung after the South Korean firm released its first Galaxy-branded smartphones. He felt that Samsung was a critical supplier of components for Apple's products, and that a legal dispute would be damaging.
The late Steve Jobs saw it differently, however. He felt that Samsung was using its position as a main supplier to Apple as an advantage, making its products very similar in design to Apple's and betting that Apple wouldn't resort to litigation.
After Samsung's release of the Galaxy Tab in 2011, Steve Jobs accused Samsung of outright stealing from Apple, as he had also deemed Google's Android OS a "stolen product."
After Apple filed a lawsuit in 2011, a patent war emerged between the two companies, spilling into Europe, Australia and to Asia.