Steve Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 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 yesterday. 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.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-18/apple-must-publish-notice-samsung-didn-t-copy-ipad-judge-says.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Eeesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnumnuts Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Bawwwwwwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motek Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Apple appealed this but have just lost the appeal, so they're gonna be forced to pay for those ads, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnumnuts Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Bawwwwwwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Apple put up the notice saying that Samsung didn't copy them - well, they put up a notice anyway, except they did it in the typical Apple smarmy fashion: - http://www.apple.com/uk/legal-judgement/ And the judge was not impressed by this, so he's given them 48 hours to change it, but Apple have claimed it will take at least 2 weeks to do so - fucking bullshit. There's an article here about it: - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/01/apple-samsung-statement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The last paragraph is pretty sneaky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 it's like companies forget that there are millions of people out there who can see what they do. Doesn't seem to actually matter very much, ultimately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I wish there was some consistence in rulings. The Apple vs Samsung war seems to yield different rulings depending on the country. In some respects, it's like Ford suing all car manufacturers for copying the idea of the Model T. But in others, it seems to be more about the ultra fine print and nuances of patent law. I'm actually glad that in the music industry, the choice of mobile device is quite clear, otherwise I'd have to try out all sorts of different devices to make a balanced decision. While my choice of computer is Apple and not likely to change, there are some Android devices that are really nice. That said, if mobile devices weren't used in music, I'd have a basic phone that made calls and sent texts and no tablet device at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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