Court: Apple must publicly admit that the Galaxy Tab does not copy the iPad
British judge Colin Beers (Colin Birss) during the trial between Apple and Samsung in the UK issued a court decision, the essence of which is that the Galaxy Tab tablet does not violate the rights of Apple and does not mislead customers because of external similarity between devices.
Moreover, according to the ruling, Apple’s public statement about the “dissimilarity” of the iPad to the Galaxy Tab should be on the Apple website in England for six months and be published in a number of print media: The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile - in other words, highly popular newspapers. According to Judge Beers, this should help buyers understand that the Samsung tablet is quite an original device.
Naturally, Apple lawyers were outraged by such a court decision, because it actually means that Apple should, in fact, advertise a competitor on its own, also on its own website for six months. Quite expectedly, lawyers promised to appeal this decision.
Apple officials have not yet commented, and Samsung put it like this: “Should Apple put forward excessive legal requirements based on such general principles as design? In this case, the industry may be harmed, and consumer choice is limited. ” It is worth recalling that Apple also leads patent wars with Google and HTC: about three weeks ago, sales of Google Nexus in the United States were suspended by a court decision on Apple’s lawsuit, Smartphone was removed from Google Play, but later the Federal Court of Appeal temporarily suspended the introduction of the ban for sale and Nexus can be purchased again.
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On July 9, the same original judge Beers ruled that the “Galaxy Tab is not as cool as the iPad” and admitted Apple was wrong in a patent dispute with Samsung.
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Moreover, according to the ruling, Apple’s public statement about the “dissimilarity” of the iPad to the Galaxy Tab should be on the Apple website in England for six months and be published in a number of print media: The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile - in other words, highly popular newspapers. According to Judge Beers, this should help buyers understand that the Samsung tablet is quite an original device.
Naturally, Apple lawyers were outraged by such a court decision, because it actually means that Apple should, in fact, advertise a competitor on its own, also on its own website for six months. Quite expectedly, lawyers promised to appeal this decision.
Apple officials have not yet commented, and Samsung put it like this: “Should Apple put forward excessive legal requirements based on such general principles as design? In this case, the industry may be harmed, and consumer choice is limited. ” It is worth recalling that Apple also leads patent wars with Google and HTC: about three weeks ago, sales of Google Nexus in the United States were suspended by a court decision on Apple’s lawsuit, Smartphone was removed from Google Play, but later the Federal Court of Appeal temporarily suspended the introduction of the ban for sale and Nexus can be purchased again.
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On July 9, the same original judge Beers ruled that the “Galaxy Tab is not as cool as the iPad” and admitted Apple was wrong in a patent dispute with Samsung.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/148083/
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