UK Judge: Galaxy Tab "Not Cool" Enough To Infringe iPad

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UK Judge: Galaxy Tab "Not Cool" Enough To Infringe iPad

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 9, 2012 @04:34AM from the go-ahead dept.

zacharye writes "U.K. Judge Colin Birss has ruled that Samsung can continue selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the region because the Android tablet is 'not as cool' as the iPad and therefore is unlikely to be confused with Apple's slate. Samsung's Galaxy line of tablets 'do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design,' Judge Birss said. 'They are not as cool.'"

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Is the judge a member of Anon? by plover · 2012-07-09 04:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Because that ruling really is for teh lulz. This quote is likely to become an internet meme all on its own, with thousands of pictures of cats sitting on Samsung tablets and half-witted captions about "keepn warrm on mah galaxy bcuz itz not cool"

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1. Re:Is the judge a member of Anon? by plover · 2012-07-09 05:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Odd, I'm responding on my iPad right now and don't have any readability problems with Slashdot.
  Are you sure you're not using a Galaxy instead of an iPad? I hear they're not as cool, maybe that's the problem?
  
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2. Re:Is the judge a member of Anon? by kelemvor4 · 2012-07-09 05:20 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I for one find it ironic that I am reading an article on slashdot about iPads on my iPad on a day that slashdot changed something on their page thus making it unreadable now on my iPad. Yay slashdot way to hit me where it hurts.....:-(
  You should be proud that you're reading the unreadable, then....
  Apple users... LOL!
3. Re:Is the judge a member of Anon? by Hognoxious · 2012-07-09 06:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I know it's fun to imagine Apple painted into a rounded corner
  FTFY.
  P.S. You now owe Apple 27 trillion dollars.
  
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4. Re:Is the judge a member of Anon? by hierophanta · 2012-07-09 06:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  let me have a go at spinning the verdict - the Samsung Galaxy Tab is LEGALLY hotter than the Ipad.
And in related news by cellocgw · 2012-07-09 04:43 · Score: 5, Funny

News sources report a mad rush of hipsters trying to buy a Galaxy Tab before it becomes cool.

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1. Re:And in related news by GameboyRMH · 2012-07-09 06:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I had one before it was uncool. *flips scarf*
  
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2. Re:And in related news by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-09 06:10 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Q: How did the hipster burn his hand changing a lightbulb?
  A: He tried to remove it before it was cool.