Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Apple on its unsuccessful design infringement claim against Samsung, marking the second recent dispute loss for the firm after Taiwan’s HTC saw off a patent challenge from the US tech giant last week.

The Apple-Samsung dispute saw Judge Birss QC rule that while the registered design of Samsung’s Galaxy tablet model had superficial similarities to that of the Apple iPad, few would confuse the two as the Galaxy tablet was not “as cool”.