Judge Forces Apple to Post Notice Acknowledging That Samsung Didn't Copy iPad

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Posted July 18, 2012 at 4:31pm by iClarified

A U.K. judge is reportedly forcing Apple to post a notice online and in the newspaper acknowledging that Samsung did not copy the iPad, according to Bloomberg.

BusinessInsider reports on the story that came across the Bloomberg terminal.

A judge has ordered Apple to post a notice on its website and in British newspapers highlighting a recent ruling that Samsung didn't copy the iPad. Apple must leave that notice up on its website for the next six months. Ouch!

Apple lost a case against Samsung in Britain earlier this month, as the judge ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablets weren't cool enough to be confused with the iPad.

We'll update this article as more details are revealed.

Bloomberg Update:
The notice should outline the July 9 London court decision that Samsung's Galaxy tablets don't infringe Apple's registered designs, Judge Colin Birss said. It should be posted on Apple's U.K. website for six months and published in several newspapers and magazines to correct the damaging impression the South Korea-based company was copying Apple's product, Birss said.

The order means Apple will have to publish "an advertisement" for Samsung, and is prejudicial to the company, Richard Hacon, a lawyer representing Cupertino, California-based Apple, told the court. "No company likes to refer to a rival on its website."

Judge Forces Apple to Post Notice Acknowledging That Samsung Didn't Copy iPad

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Russell - July 20, 2012 at 12:16am

When apple finally releases a TV, I can't wait for ALL TV manufacturers to sue apple for copying their design elements. PAYBACK TIME!

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Russell - July 20, 2012 at 12:12am

The price difference of a 16gb ipad and a 32gb ipad is $100. Now who is the real sucker?

NoGoodNick - July 18, 2012 at 8:01pm

I can see the notice now, "We've been forced to acknowledge that a Judge doesn't think Samsung copied our designs because they 'aren't cool enough', in tiny tiny print at the bottom of the page..

iCrunch - July 18, 2012 at 5:59pm

That judge has got one thing right: Samsung's tablets are definitely not cool enough and he was reported to have offered additional commentary to the BBC and CNN, saying "...even if Sammy made them cooler, they'd be hard pressed to encroach upon anywhere near the vicinity of coolness that Apple tablets command and exude." The Judge then broke out in uncontrollable laughter at one correspondent's suggestion that his ruling might affect Apple's overall coolness factor may even remotely in a negative way.

NoGoodNick - July 18, 2012 at 8:05pm

Sounds like the judge may have been getting flack for responding 'improperly', and is now coming down on Apple top prove he isn't showing Apple favoritism.

JoeThePlumber - July 18, 2012 at 5:50pm

Ouch! That sucks. Guess the judge owns Samsung stock.

Brian - July 18, 2012 at 4:54pm

Seriously, isn't the judge being too pro-Samsung?

John - July 18, 2012 at 8:54pm

I can see Apple is turning downhill now. Why spending time sueing the competitors instead of thinking, "What should we develop next?" Yes, Apple deserve to announce it, since they are the one suing others. in addition maybe they can add fine prints"We can do better than other tablets can offer". If Apple didnt apologize, what do you think media will see them?

Brian - July 19, 2012 at 1:10am

Why is Apple suing here and there you might ask? Because if you don't start suing a copycat company like Samsung, no matter how many innovations that Apple can come up with, Samsung will copy them outright, outstripping the cost that Apple had thrown into R