The dispute between Apple and Samsung continues to play out in U.S. court, with Apple working its way through its list of witnesses as it seeks to convince a jury that Samsung has infringed upon patents and designs related to the iPhone and iPad. Among the interesting developments yesterday was the admission into evidence of an internal Samsung memo acknowledging that the company had suffered a “crisis of design” after the introduction of the iPhone, with Apple’s lawyers arguing that the memo is evidence of Samsung’s strategy to shift gears and copy the iPhone’s design. AllThingsD has more on the memo:It’s a memo that Samsung didn’t want admitted into the trial, and until now had kept it out. But this morning, when Samsung legal counsel John Quinn mentioned the “crisis of design” moment in a question to Samsung strategist Justin Denison, all bets were off, and the memo was in.

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Samsung’s ‘Crisis of Design’ Memo Enters Patent Trial as Early Apple Designer Testifies on Confusion