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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. The punch line by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 5, Informative

    The punch line is in TFA (emphasis added):

    Birss said in his July 9 ruling that Samsung’s tablets were unlikely to be confused with the iPad because they are “not as cool.” He declined today to grant Samsung’s bid for an injunction blocking Apple from making public statements that the Galaxy infringed its design rights.

    “They are entitled to their opinion,” he said.

    It looks like they have to run the ads, but they can still say Samsung copied them.

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  2. Re:A patent troll public shaming. Interesting by oakgrove · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you even looked at the patent in question? Here it is in all its rounded corner glory. They patented rounded freaking corners. If you want to get specific, 4 rounded corners on a rectangle. Like the world has never seen that before.

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