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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. And we can expect by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We can expect that Apple will wriggle to avoid doing this in any meaningful way. What's the smallest size ad they can place? What's the smallest typeface? Do all elements need equal prominance?
    They'd likely put a huge ad saying "Buy Apple iPad, the judge said it's cool" in a large font with the "Samsung did not copy" message in a tiny font in a corner of the ad (maybe even upside-down text). They'll go as far as they think they can while avoiding a contempt finding.

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    1. Re:And we can expect by Ynot_82 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      This is all over the front pages of the major UK news outlets
      People know about this, regardless of what Apple put on their website

  2. Re:A patent troll public shaming. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes. Apple innovated the shit out of that rounded rectangle.
    /sarcasm

  3. Re:A patent troll public shaming. Interesting by Nyder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    hey protect their own innovations to an extent they deem reasonable

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

    Hell no, Chiclets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiclets are rectangular and have rounded corners, and have been around since 1906.

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  4. Re:A patent troll public shaming. Interesting by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm not sure I can call an exceptionally wealthy company going after Nokia who's knocking on death's door a defensive move especially when they could have always filed the antitrust suit against MS which would have made more sense given it's MS that is benefiting much more by going after Android hardware companies. But that would mean going after someone who is equally as strong and it's much easier to try and bankrupt Nokia and kill of a WP manufacturer. Just as MS should go after Google but they pick on the weaker guys.

    And quite frankly allowing HTC continue the whole problem of patent lawsuits rather than actively trying to fix it doesn't help anyone but themselves (and HTC) and they could have kept those patents and went after Apple but they didn't. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too imo to keep their image clean, imo so yes I'll admit there isn't *that* much at the moment but I think that's going to change.