Samsung demands to see Apple's next iPhone, iPad

In the latest round of an ongoing patent and trademark battle, Samsung on
Friday asked a federal judge to make Apple provide the Korean electronics
giant with samples of its next-generation iPhone and iPad.

Samsung asked U.S. District Court Judge Koh to force Apple to give it "a
sample of the final, commercial version of the next generation iPhone that
Apple will release, whether that product will be known as the 'iPhone 4S,'
'iPhone 5,' or some other name," according to a motion filed in a California
federal court Friday.

The Korean company also made a similar demand for "the next generation iPad
that Apple will release, whether that product will be known as the 'iPad 3,'
'Third Generation iPad,' or some other name."

Assuming Koh agrees with Samsung, Apple would have until June 17 to hand
over the iPhone and iPad samples.

Samsung's move followed Apple's motion earlier this month demanding that its
rival show it several of its newest smartphones and tablets as part of the
discovery phase of a lawsuit Apple filed against Samsung. Koh granted
Apple's motion.

Samsung and Apple have been locked in a legal battle since mid-April, when
Apple accused Samsung of "slavishly" copying the iPhone and iPad with
several of its smartphones and its Galaxy Tab tablets. Apple claimed that
Samsung's devices infringed 10 Apple patents and violated two trademarks.

Days later, Samsung counterattackedby filing lawsuits against Apple in
Germany, Japan and Korea.

Apple, which is notoriously secretive about its products -- the company has
not yet publicly revealed the successor to the iPhone 4, its name or when it
will go on sale -- refused Samsung's outside-the-court request earlier this
month for the next iPhone and iPad, according to Samsung's account of
negotiations.

Most analysts believe Apple will not begin selling a new iPhone until
September, breaking with its practice the last four years, when it launched
a new model in June or July.

Samsung acknowledged that the Apple products are not yet available, but
argued that the future iPhone and iPad would be what its smartphones and
tablets would compete against and be compared to in the future.

According to Samsung's motion, Apple's lawyers agreed to reciprocal
disclosure during a May 12 hearing, and Judge Koh said she expected as much
from Apple.

"Apple responded that Apple was 'willing to live by the rules that you set
for us, because we want an injunction here and we're not going to get an
injunction here if we're not reciprocal in discovery,'" the motion said
Apple's attorney told Koh on May 12.

For her part, the judge also said she anticipated an exchange of products.

"At the close of the hearing the Court stated: 'And let me just say to
counsel for Apple, I'm not going to be happy if you're not [sic] going to
say what's good for the goose is not good for the gander. Okay?'" the motion
read.

Samsung said it would abide by the same rules set by Koh for Apple, and that
the next-generation iPhone and iPad would be examined by outside counsel
only, and not shown to Samsung employees.