Apple pitches its underdog cred in Samsung trial

From CNET News.com: Apple began day two of the trial between it and Samsung with opening statements depicting it as an underdog that came into the phone industry and changed the game.

Harold McElhinny, a partner at Morrison Foerster, kicked off the case for Apple by saying the company had bet the farm on the iPhone in 2007, and competitors (though particularly Samsung) proceeded to copy it, leading to big profits and lost sales on Apple's part.

"Apple had absolutely no name in the field, no credibility. (The iPhone) was an entry that had it gone bad, could have ended the company's future," McElhinny said. "On January 9, 2007 when Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller went through that presentation, they were literally betting their company."

Apple's argument involved showing photos of Samsung's phones before and after 2007's iPhone, as well as the company's tablets ahead of 2010's iPad release.

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