Apple publishes court-mandated statement on UK site, but it's probably not what Samsung was hoping for.
As required by a UK High Court ruling, Apple has updated its British site with a link to a message indicating that Samsung was found to have not infringed the iPad's patented design in the UK. The statement, which reads like it was crafted by a small army of lawyers, also points out the judge's remarks on Apple's "simple" design and "cool" products, and echoes the widely-reported conclusion that Samsung's tablets were "not as cool". Naturally.
However, Apple fires back in the final paragraph, where it draws attention to a more successful court case elsewhere in Europe --
"So while the U.K. court did not find Samsung guilty of infringement, other courts have recognized that in the course of creating its Galaxy tablet, Samsung willfully copied Apple's far more popular iPad."
That's probably not what either Samsung or the court was hoping for. The judge indicated that in forcing Apple to post such a statement, his intention was to "correct" the copycat label that had been applied to Samsung. The final paragraph only serves to muddy things further, by suggesting that while Samsung didn't copy the iPad, it totally copied the iPad.
We've got the full statement after the break. You can also find it linked at the bottom of apple.com/uk
So what's next? More courtroom wrangling over the exact wording of Apple's statement? Let us know what you think in the comments.
Source: iMore
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