Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:39 AM

Apple loses UK tablet design appeal versus Samsung

Source: BBC news

Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not copied the design of its iPad.

A judge at the High Court in London had originally ruled in July that Apple's copyright had not been infringed by the Galaxy Tab 10.

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He also ordered Apple to run adverts saying that Samsung had not copied it.

Judge Birss said one notice should remain on Apple's website for at least half a year while other ads should be placed in various magazines and newspapers to "correct the damaging impression" that Samsung was a copycat.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19989750

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Apple loses UK tablet design appeal versus Samsung (Original post)	dipsydoodle	Oct 2012	OP
Kick (nt)	muriel_volestrangler	Oct 2012	#1
Sorry about the duplicate thread	FredisDead	Oct 2012	#2
Not an issue	dipsydoodle	Oct 2012	#3
I take it the UK has a more sensible patent system than the US? /nt	Ash_F	Oct 2012	#4
Without going into chapter and verse by searching -	dipsydoodle	Oct 2012	#5

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:03 PM

muriel_volestrangler (65,847 posts)

1. Kick (nt)

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:45 PM

FredisDead (272 posts)

2. Sorry about the duplicate thread

I did not do a search for this news article.

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:57 PM

dipsydoodle (33,170 posts)

3. Not an issue

I didn't alert on it anyway.

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Sat Oct 20, 2012, 05:49 AM

Ash_F (1,867 posts)

4. I take it the UK has a more sensible patent system than the US? /nt

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Response to Ash_F (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 07:55 AM

dipsydoodle (33,170 posts)

5. Without going into chapter and verse by searching -

at the original event the judge was visibly annoyed that anyone would have the cheek to effectively patent a rectangle with rounded corners. After the case was found against Apple , the effect of which was an EU wide ruling, Apple took out an injunction against Samsung in Germany. That annoyed our judges even more and they retaliated by adding the order that Apple must publish an apology to Samsung.

I sincerely doubt that any of the dna patents etc now being taken out in the US would pass muster here.

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