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In UK, Apple Must Run Ad Apologizing to Samsung

Posted by timothy on from the grovel-different dept.

sfcrazy writes "Apple has lost is appeal in a UK court against Samsung's Galaxy Tab. The court of appeals has upheld its previous judgment that Samsung did not infringe on any Apple design. According to the order Apple will have to run an ads in leading UK newspapers as well its own website stating that Samsung did not infringes its products. To ensure that the ad is visible the court also ordered that the text of the ad must not be in a font size smaller than Ariel 14. Apple will have to run the ad on its site for a period of one month."

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  1. Ariel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never heard of that font...

    1. Re:Ariel? by Desler · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe it's the font of the Little Mermaid?

    2. Re:Ariel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ariel is a character from a Shakespeare play so I can understand why the Brits like it. The alternative was maybe the Prospero font.

      Actually Ariel is also (almost) a font, pun of a Disney character.

  2. Unfortunately, Ariel has an install base of .001% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The apology message will render like wingding symbols for most...

  3. Re:Unfortunately, Ariel has an install base of .00 by Revotron · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, it would look like the Slashdot logo?

  4. An end to the nonsense by na1led · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that Apple has been slapped down for lying, it might put an end to all the BS with these patent infringements.

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  5. Re:The ruling itself by symes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I kind of read some sub-text there - that the two tablets are not similar because one is obviously from Samsung.

  6. Re:grammar error in link by crazyjj · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey now, I have it on good authority that over half of the /. editorial staff can now say their ABC's without even humming the song.

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  7. Re:This is why by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    (I'm thinking about you, Lucy Koh)

    Here comes a restraining order...

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  8. Re:Here's an idea! by rtb61 · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK "Upon review it was found that the Samsung Galaxy Tab was not a copy of the iPad, it was a largely *inferior product which really only bared cursory visual similarities to the vastly *superior iPad. Apple only wanted to protect it's loyal customer from wasting time and money buying an *inferior product"

    Where the words inferior and superior appear, they relate not to the quality of the products just to the profit generated by Apple.

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