UK judge forces Apple to state on its site that Samsung didn't copy the iPad

**BBPandy** · 07-18-2012, 01:47 PM

LMAO - This a awsome...

Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad in U.K.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) was ordered by a judge to publish a notice on its U.K. website and in British newspapers alerting people to a ruling that Samsung Electronics Co. didn’t copy designs for the iPad.

The notice should outline the July 9 London court decision that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets don’t infringe Apple’s registered designs, Judge Colin Birss said today. It should be posted on Apple’s U.K. home page for six months and published in several newspapers and magazines to correct any impression the South Korea-based company was copying Apple’s product, Birss said.

The order means Apple will have to publish “an advertisement” for Samsung, Richard Hacon, a lawyer for Cupertino, California-based Apple, told the court. “No company likes to refer to a rival on its website.”

Apple is fighting patent lawsuits around the globe against competitors including Google Inc., HTC Corp. (2498) and Samsung as it competes for dominance of the smartphone and tablet computer markets. The firms have accused each other of copying designs and technology in their mobile devices. Legal battles about the similarity of Samsung and Apple tablets are being fought in Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S.

Public Statements

Birss said in his July 9 ruling that Samsung’s tablets were unlikely to be confused with the iPad because they are “not as cool.” He declined today to grant Samsung’s bid for an injunction blocking Apple from making public statements that the Galaxy infringed its design rights.

“They are entitled to their opinion,” he said.

Apple spokesman Alan Hely didn’t immediately respond to a phone call and e-mail requesting comment on the judge’s order.

“Should Apple continue to make excessive legal claims based on such generic designs, innovation in the industry could be harmed and consumer choice unduly limited,” Samsung said in a statement after the hearing.

“The war between these two companies seems to be escalating even further,” said Colin Fowler, an intellectual property lawyer at London-based Rouse. He said much of the publicity around the July 9 ruling focused on Birss’ comments about Samsung not being as cool.

“From a victory in court they were suddenly on the back foot,” Fowler said in a phone interview. “Getting this order fits in with the context of them trying to restore the balance.”

‘Commercial Harm’

Comments made by Apple after that ruling unfairly implied that Samsung had copied designs, Samsung’s lawyer Kathryn Pickard said at the hearing. That “caused real commercial harm.”

As well as Apple’s website, the company must pay for notices in the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile magazine, and T3, according to a draft copy of the order provided by Samsung’s lawyers.

Apple’s lawyer said the company would appeal the July 9 decision and Judge Birss granted the company permission to take its case to the court of appeal.

The case is Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited & Anr v. Apple Inc., High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, HC11C03050.

SOURCE:
Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn

I can see the magazine reviews now:

"Totally different that an iPad!" - Apple.co.uk

.......Though it will probably be written something like this:

"Apple is required to tell you that Samsung's tablet is not a copy of the iPad, because as Judge Colin Birss has said, Samsung's slates "do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design." and they are "not as cool" as the iPad."

**Houshinto** · 07-18-2012, 01:52 PM

Somehow this metaphorically looks like a Nanny giving a spanking and telling a naughty child to apologize to all the people he/she lied to.

How truly proper and British

Cheers!

**carter17** · 07-18-2012, 01:58 PM

i wish apple would just quit its crazy they sue over anything u put a battery in ur device we came up with that lol... but they can copy android with there notification pull down and thats ok.. i really hate apple...

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**stackberry369** · 07-18-2012, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by carter17

i wish apple would just quit its crazy they sue over anything u put a battery in ur device we came up with that lol... but they can copy android with there notification pull down and thats ok.. i really hate apple...

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you do realize that droid came from apple right?

**TheScionicMan** · 07-18-2012, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by stackberry369

you do realize that droid came from apple right?

Please explain...

**pri79269** · 07-18-2012, 03:56 PM

I can't wait to see how iPad sales are effected!!! Oh, wait....

**pilsbury** · 07-18-2012, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by pri79269

I can't wait to see how iPad sales are effected!!! Oh, wait....

I'm betting with this admonishment, Apple Inc will cease to release new devices, cease to offer new updates, and lie every month to its customers.............................oh wait, that's Research in Motion. Please disregard.

**apengue1** · 07-18-2012, 05:16 PM

HAHA.. This is Crackberry.. And if this ruling ever does make it through to being official, I will exercise my right as a Crackberrian and LAUGH MY ARSING OFF!!!!!!

Please, ifans, don't complain. You're on OUR turf, here.

**MartyMcfly** · 07-18-2012, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by apengue1

HAHA.. This is Crackberry.. And if this ruling ever does make it through to being official, I will exercise my right as a Crackberrian and LAUGH MY ARSING OFF!!!!!!

Please, ifans, don't complain. You're on OUR turf, here.

You want comedy? Check out Rimm's release schedule for this holiday season...

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**axeman1000** · 07-18-2012, 05:42 PM

What's even better for comedy? The saps paying 700 dollars for a new phone with the same hardware and the ability for siri to maybe say some more commands! No matter the release date your still being taken!

**pilsbury** · 07-18-2012, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by axeman1000

What's even better for comedy? The saps paying 700 dollars for a new phone with the same hardware and the ability for siri to maybe say some more commands! No matter the release date your still being taken!

That will be almost as funny as waiting on an Operating System that was promised over a year ago, and isn't scheduled for release (if anyone believes this one) till 2013. Aren't you late for summer school?

**axeman1000** · 07-18-2012, 06:04 PM

Takes a little while to develop greatness not just cram the same 4x4=16 apps on home screen boring as always and slap it on the same hardware! Nothing funny about the truth.

**pilsbury** · 07-18-2012, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by axeman1000

Takes a little while to develop greatness not just cram the same 4x4=16 apps on home screen boring as always and slap it on the same hardware! Nothing funny about the truth.

Congrats. You've convinced me by sheer attrition. I'm ditching this i4S and going back to my 9800 Torch. How I've missed my non working browser, limited selection of apps and battery pulls.