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Apple Must Publicly Post That Samsung Did Not Copy iPad

Posted by Soulskill on from the wearing-a-sign-in-public dept.

microcars writes "A judge in the U.K. has ordered Apple to post a notice on its website and in British newspapers alerting people to a ruling that Samsung Electronics Co. didn't copy designs for the iPad. This is the same Judge who ruled earlier that Samsung's Galaxy Tab was not as cool as Apple's iPad."

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  1. Why do they have to do it on their own website? by Krishnoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the Internet age, after all.

  2. Way cooler by Ant2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could see how Apple could turn this around to their benefit.

    "Samsung did not copy design from the iPad for the Galaxy Tab. The iPad is WAY cooler! Even the judge thinks so."

    1. Re:Way cooler by game+kid · · Score: 3, Funny

      POM Wonderful did something like this very recently. It felt a bit bizarre to read that, via a NYTimes banner that showed on that day.

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  3. Publicly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will be posted publicly.
    In a public cellar.
    With no stairs.
    In the dark.
    In the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

  4. Re:A patent troll public shaming. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    hey protect their own innovations to an extent they deem reasonable

    I'm pretty sure they didn't "innovate" a rectangle with rounded corners.

    Where's the rounded rectangle phone YOU invented, huh bub? To say that it was easy suggests that it could have been done 10 years prior. Was it? Nope. Clearly Apple put a lot of time and money (two things they need to protect) into that product.

  5. Re:And we can expect by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure at this very moment, there are dozens of staffers from ad agencies employed by Apple quaffing quad shot lattes and bouncing all manner of story arcs off of each other, the walls and the urinals at Starbucks.

    This is an advertising executives dream job.

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  6. This is going to backfire so hard by maccodemonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We're legally obligated to inform you that the courts have found that the Galaxy Tab is not as cool as the iPad, and also found by the courts to not be an iPad substitute."

  7. Sorry, in order to see this confession... by tlambert · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you must install iTunes and the following optional QuickTime components: X, Y, Z, Q, ...

    Sorry, it looks like your platform is not supported. Please try again with the latest version of Mac OS X or Windows.

  8. Finally by stephanruby · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, Apple has a reason for using Adobe Flash.