[quote]Samsung / Apple UK judgment
On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the High court is available on the following link [url]www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html[/url].
In the ruling, the judge made several important points comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products:
"The extreme simplicity of the Apple design is striking. Overall it has undecorated flat surfaces with a plate of glass on the front all the way out to a very thin rim and a blank back. There is a crisp edge around the rim and a combination of curves, both at the corners and the sides. The design looks like an object the informed user would want to pick up and hold. It is an understated, smooth and simple product. It is a cool design."
"The informed user's overall impression of each of the Samsung Galaxy Tablets is the following. From the front they belong to the family which includes the Apple design; but the Samsung products are very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back. They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool."
That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union and was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 18 October 2012. A copy of the Court of Appeal’s judgment is available on the following link [url]www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1339.html[/url]. There is no injunction in respect of the registered design in force anywhere in Europe.
However, in a case tried in Germany regarding the same patent, the court found that Samsung engaged in unfair competition by copying the iPad design. A U.S. jury also found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's design and utility patents, awarding over one billion U.S. dollars in damages to Apple Inc. 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.[/quote]
that is the most heartfelt apology i have ever heard
I like how the notice is essentially "WELL YEAH BUT EVERYONE ELSE AGREES WITH US"
Lmao they literally said that Samsung products are not as cool as theirs
Weren't they supposed to do an ad for Samsung? I could have sworn that was what they were ordered to do.
I love how the link is only on the UK site, and it's a tiny text link at the very bottom of the page
[QUOTE=FlashFireSix;38191485]Lmao they literally said that Samsung products are not as cool as theirs[/QUOTE]
Judge said it, not Apple. Although apple is going to take it and shove it in everyone's face as a defense.
[QUOTE=Zet;38191639]Weren't they supposed to do an ad for Samsung? I could have sworn that was what they were ordered to do.[/QUOTE]
I hope the judge slaps them in the face over this, it's clearly not what they were ordered to do.
[QUOTE=Zet;38191639]Weren't they supposed to do an ad for Samsung? I could have sworn that was what they were ordered to do.[/QUOTE]
I imagine those ads will appear in the papers tomorrow.
[quote]They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. [B]They are not as cool.[/B][/quote]
... what.
Damn, they didn't even try to be subtle with their insults in that apology.
This doesn't even sound like an apology. Rather Apple doing some more dick waving, and then off-handedly mentioning Samsung's site.
Oh my god, Apple is like a kid being forced to make an apology by his mom.
Apple please get eaten by worms.
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