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"An email presented at the current court battle between Apple and Samsung has revealed that an executive from the latter saw Steve Jobs&amp;#039;s death as an opportunity to step up against its rival. The document obtained by CNET shows that Michael Pennington, head of national sales for Samsung Telecommunications America, viewed Jobs&amp;#039;s passing as the &amp;quot;best opportunity to attack iPhone&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Unfortunately, Steve Job&amp;#039;s [sic] passing has led to a huge wave of press coverage of Apple&amp;#039;s and iPhone&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;superiority,&amp;#039; all created by the &amp;#039;passionate, tireless, perfectionist...&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; his email began. &amp;quot;The point here is that there is an unintended benefit for Apple, since the external messages by 3rd parties are all highlighting and/or supporting the consumer perception that Apple products are superior, since Jobs&amp;#039; [sic] was such a visionary and perfectionist. What consumer wouldn&amp;#039;t feel great about purchasing a device developed by such a person. &amp;quot;Sorry to continue to push this issue, but I have seen this far too long and I know this is our best opportunity to attack iPhone. If there is no consensus on the approach I initially proposed, I will stop pushing, but I would like to better understand our strategy so I can align with that.&amp;quot;   The email formed part of an ongoing email chain in 2011, sent on October 7 - just two days after Jobs died. Apple is demanding $2 billion in damages for five patents it claims Samsung infringed, while Samsung is looking for $6.9 million relating to two alleged patent infringements. Another email, this time from Jobs, was also shown in court earlier this month, in which the late CEO spoke of an Apple TV 2 set-top box, TV subscriptions with networks, apps, a &amp;quot;magic wand&amp;quot; control device and waging &amp;quot;holy war with Google&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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