I still can't quite get my head around this; ok, it went to court and apple lost (this time). that should have been the end of it. The judgement that apple have to advertise the fact that they lost (and therefore potentially damage their own business) seems a little beyond the remit of the court case! Judges shouldn't get involved in the squabbles between businesses in such an active way... A case comes into their court; they preside and make a judgement, that's it! It devalues the judicial system IMHO when judges then feel the need to take things further.... Their job was to simply make a decision, yes or no; ok, award financial damages if a business has been hurt by a frivolous lawsuit, that makes sense to me but this just feels like the judge is lowing himself by getting actively involved in the petty squabbling of two businesses... To make things worse, Apple have just twisted it around anyway and used the words the judge said to poke fun at Samsung for not being "as cool" so what exactly has the judge proved here?
An example; I have 2 kids; #1 says to #2 "you're smelly" and they start arguing calling each other smelly.... i tell them both off for arguing about something so silly and i punish #1 for starting the argument (send to their room or something); what i DO NOT DO is get involved in the argument by saying to #1 "well, actually, you're the one who is a bit smelly, so i think you should admit that to the other one" - At that point i've ceased to become the adult, i'm now acting as a third child (albiet a bigger one with more power) and just stirring things up and adding more ammunition to the argument so it will last even longer!
My job as a parent is to BE the adult, be the voice of reason and stay detached from childish arguments.
In my opinion that is exactly what the judge has done; he's just added more fuel to the fire of a childish squabble between 2 businesses.... The judge made a mistake by issuing the order and the UK judicial system itself then doubled up that mistake by allowing the judgement to stand on appeal; did they not realise that all the judges words throughout the entire thing were on public record and could be used by either party at any time? the mind boggles...
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