Apple's snarky Samsung post not good enough for British judge

[Tomm]

http://www.latimes.com/business/tech...,6877841.story

We think the British-court-ordered notice on Apple's website that says Samsung did not copy Apple's patented tablet design is hilarious, but the judge isn't laughing.A British court has given Apple 24 hours to remove the statement from its website, and 48 hours to post a new one, the BBC reports.
Apple asked for 14 days to write a new statement, but the court refused.
"I would like to see the head of Apple make an affidavit setting out the technical difficulties," said Judge Robin Jacob, Bloomberg reports. "...This is Apple. They cannot put something on their website?"
The original statement, ordered by the High Court of Justice of England on Oct. 18, was supposed to be a simple one that clarifies the court's finding that the design of three of Samsung's Galaxy Tablet computers does not infringe on Apple's patented design.
Apple, complied, but with a twist. In the original notice posted on its website, the company lays out the court's findings in the first paragraph, but also includes some additional paragraphs that display a certain...um...feisty attitude.
The statement includes two paragraphs pulled directly from the court's ruling that say that Apple's design is cooler than the Samsung design.
The company then goes on to say that a German court found that Samsung did copy the iPad design. And that a U.S. jury found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's design.
The original statement concludes:
So while the U.K. court did not find Samsung guilty of infringement, other courts have recognized that in the course of creating its Galaxy tablet, Samsung willfully copied Apple's far more popular iPad.
"I'm at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this," Jacob said, according to the BBC. "It is a plain breach of the order."
In addition to writing a new notice, the court has ordered Apple to link to the new notice on its homepage. The company must also publish notices with details of the ruling in British newspapers and trade magazines, the BBC reports.

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[GommeInc]

I did PM Matt asking if people can close threads for no reason, he didn't appear to have one other than he was being mocked for taking his own sarcasm seriously.

As for the topic:

Have there been any newspapers with the statement in yet, and how would this statement appear? I haven't seen any, but admittedly I rarely buy the things now - the internet is far more reliable I assume the Court wants an Apple written statement, rather than the paper to write one for them.

Judging by what they've done so far, it wouldn't surprise me if they post a statement to each paper with the family of iDevices as an advert, stating how they think it's unfair completely missing the point of the punishment.

[HotelUser]

Notwithstanding the decision, I'm still persistant in that I'm uncomfortable with the amount of non-Apple opinions which made it onto the Apple website.

[Chippiewill]

Regardless of the original ruling, this was the appropriate response. Apple should not be disrespecting the British legal system in the manner that they did.

[xxMATTGxx]

Apple has posted its Samsung Galaxy Tab design acknowledgement in several UK newspapers today following the scolding that it received from the courts over the "incorrect" online statement. Unlike the acknowledgement first served up on Apple’s website, the new notice takes a very dry approach to outlining the situation while also pointing readers to copies of the court's judgements.

The Verge has confirmed that a copy of the advertisement has appeared on page four of The Daily Mail, with The Next Web spotting the same notice in The Guardian. Apple was ordered to run the statement in additional publications, including The Financial Times, in a font no smaller than Arial 14 and before page six. The company was ordered to post a revised acknowledgement on the front page of Apple.com within 24 hours after yesterday’s ruling, but there’s no sign of it so far.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/35...-uk-newspapers

[HotelUser]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/35...-uk-newspapers

That link is painfully big to type into a computer from a newspaper, haha.

I think judges forcing this onto companies is stupid. I think freedom of speech is a pretty cool idea...

[xxMATTGxx]

That link is painfully big to type into a computer from a newspaper, haha.

I think judges forcing this onto companies is stupid. I think freedom of speech is a pretty cool idea...

What the judge has asked Apple to do is fine. You should be worried about what the judges are saying to do in countries closer to your home. It's a lot better than just banning products from sale altogether, this is a win win for consumers to be honest.

[HotelUser]

What the judge has asked Apple to do is fine. You should be worried about what the judges are saying to do in countries closer to your home. It's a lot better than just banning products from sale altogether, this is a win win for consumers to be honest.

When freedom of speech is withheld its a very dark day. I would hope no Canadian Court pulls this stunt over patents in the consumer industry. I'm capable of making my own opinions of Samsung and Apple without my countries legal system trying to spoon feed me their opinions.

[xxMATTGxx]

When freedom of speech is withheld its a very dark day. I would hope no Canadian Court pulls this stunt over patents in the consumer industry. I'm capable of making my own opinions of Samsung and Apple without my countries legal system trying to spoon feed me their opinions.

David, there is nothing wrong with what the judge has made them to do. Apple can have their views and opinions on Samsung all they want, just not on the notices the judge has ordered for them to put up to tell people that Samsung didn't infringe any parents and crap.

Unless you wanted the court to give love to Apple and ban Samsung products?

[HotelUser]

David, there is nothing wrong with what the judge has made them to do. Apple can have their views and opinions on Samsung all they want, just not on the notices the judge has ordered for them to put up to tell people that Samsung didn't infringe any parents and crap.

Unless you wanted the court to give love to Apple and ban Samsung products?

So the only alternative to forcing Apple to post something they don't believe in is to hand them a victory?

How about just letting Samsung win and not force Apple to post things on their website which they don't believe themselves.