Apple loses UK Galaxy Tab design appeal

This was posted when this was first brought into the news but then Apple decided to appeal it but now they have just lost that appeal and are being made to run the apology.

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Apple has lost its appeal in the UK regarding the High Court of Justice’s ruling that Samsung’s tablets did not infringe the iPad. The Cupertino-based smartphone maker has now been ordered by Judge Kitchin to run a public apology stating that Samsung did not infringe its design. In an amusing twist, Reuters reports that the font size for the acknowledgement must be "no smaller than Ariel 14."

Judge Colin Biriss moved in July that Samsung’s tablets "were not as cool," stating that the designs didn’t have "the same understated and extreme simplicity." The judge in the case also ruled that Apple would have to run advertisements on its website and in UK newspapers declaring that Samsung did not copy its designs. That motion was stayed, however, following today’s appeal.

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Source: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/18/3...st-run-adverts

It was ridiculous Apple appealed and if anything this judgment to publish an apology and a statement is a punishment for not shutting up. Hopefully the world will follow suit (including the bias American courts) and these ridiculous claims can go away. Hopefully it sets a precedent for future patent cases, rendering it somewhat useless in English courts. The patent system needs serious tweaking.

Could you not say that the South Korean courts are bias though towards Samsung.

Though knowing Apple, they'll prob come up with some clever way to say it.

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Originally Posted by iBlueBox

Could you not say that the South Korean courts are bias though towards Samsung.

Though knowing Apple, they'll prob come up with some clever way to say it.

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true. But still it was a pretty pointless arguement lmao. apple shouldn't have tried it anyway lol

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Originally Posted by iBlueBox

Could you not say that the South Korean courts are bias though towards Samsung.

Though knowing Apple, they'll prob come up with some clever way to say it.

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The South Korean courts fined both of them equal amounts. From what I understand, the SK courts hate time wasting cases and will just fine both of them to make them take the hint that these sorts of cases are boring and pathetic.

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Originally Posted by iBlueBox

Could you not say that the South Korean courts are bias though towards Samsung.

Though knowing Apple, they'll prob come up with some clever way to say it.

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This was the UK courts, not South Korean.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

This was the UK courts, not South Korean.

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Hence I was going on about the South Korean courts over in south korea, not directly related to this case.

I think this needs to happen more, once there's a reason not to sue they're less likely to do it when it's not appropriate.

Same issue with DMCA takedowns, there's no penalty for a phony takedown notice.