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Apple Recieves Public Spanking Over False Claims

Posted by helios on · 11 comments
The Register; By Anna Leach - submitted by helios 		Mail this story
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You know, I normally don't take pleasure in other's discomfort or misfortune, but I make an exception for Apple. Hopefully, this order may reign in the flood of litigation Apple initiates in the ongoing patent war. One can hope but hubris has carried them this far. It will probably carry them further.

Apple must run a national ad campaign saying that Samsung did not copy them, a High Court judge ruled yesterday - according to this Bloomberg report and a draft court order seen by The Reg.

Judge Birss of the Patents Court instructed Apple to run ads displaying the notice in newspapers and magazines including the Daily Mail, Financial Times, Guardian Mobile magazine and T3 magazine.

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Comments (11)

tuxchick ·
And haha hoho heehee!
JaseP ·
Oh Lord! This is the sweetest thing I've seen in the last two weeks,... It's even better than the Ouya...
skelband ·
It's a bit of a bittersweet thing though.

Apple has to post ads saying that Samsung didn't copy their product because Apple's device is more cool.
JaseP ·
Actually, that makes it even funnier...
tracyanne ·
And Apple will appeal, and probably win on appeal.
Fettoosh ·
Quoting:Apple has to post ads saying that Samsung didn't copy their product because Apple's device is more cool.


Are we sure the judge didn't mean to say Samsung's device is more more cool!? That would be more in line with the penalty.

tracyanne ·
Maybe the idea is that Apple will have to argue that the iPad isn't more cool when they appeal.
skelband ·
@Fettoosh: "Are we sure the judge..."

I read the article a few days ago and my reading was that the Judge viewed the Apple product as "cleaner" and "cooler" and the Samsung model was not, and therefore not a copy.
BernardSwiss ·
I'm not sure whether or not I like the decision -- more specifically, the reasoning behind it -- but I certainly admire the punishment.
JaseP ·
I wish the punishment included having to clean Samsung's floors with a toothbrush ... Sorry, just a college pledging flashback ...
nikkels ·
Sorry, just a college pledging flashback ...

That's what they made me doing in the Airforce , back in 1964 . OK,........... I deserved it :-)

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