Cherry-picking quotes from a trial and going against the spirit and purpose of the ruling is simply childish. Apple should be heavily fined for their illegal and thuggish behaviour.
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Apple Ordered to Alter Website Statement Acknowledging Samsung Galaxy Tab Did Not Infringe on iPad Design
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Cherry-picking quotes from a trial and going against the spirit and purpose of the ruling is simply childish. Apple should be heavily fined for their illegal and thuggish behaviour.
Did you see the exact paragraph they were told to post on the website? It did not require Apple to say that Samsung didn't copy them, it explicitly said that the High Court (not Apple) ruled that Samsung didn't infringe on particular patents.1. No, they were asked to say: "this guy didn't copy us", when obviously Apple feels they did. So, they quote the judge aaand other rulings.
2. I would love to actually see that scenario unfold. This would be an issue of jurisdiction; the UK market would be off-limits. I understand this would have an impact on Apple's financials, but the world is a biiig market. The implication of unwavering principles, on the other hand, would be awesome: "We feel these guys copied us. Blatantly. The UK courts did not agree, so we're pulling our products out of the UK. We will not advertise, nor negotiate with thieves, damn the cost".
I know this would never happen, but it would rock. Then again, I don't live in the UK, and without Apple stuff I wouldn't enjoy computing as much...
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Money at work people. Mediating the childish antics of huge corporations.
By the way, who was it saying that samsungs sgs3 ads were childish and Apple wouldn't do anything of the sort (all the while ignoring the Mac v pc ads a few years ago)? Eating those words aren't we?
Money at work people. Mediating the childish antics of huge corporations.
By the way, who was it saying that samsungs sgs3 ads were childish and Apple wouldn't do anything of the sort (all the while ignoring the Mac v pc ads a few years ago)? Eating those words aren't we?
No. YOU said that. Because you're already pre-wired to expect such responses based on your own bias.
Who said anything about throwing the system out? I said it is inherently flawed, meaning that it will make mistakes (it is run by humans after all). And if that if there is a flaw, we should fight it. In the US, it was illegal for women and African-Americans to vote at one point. It was legal to own human slaves. These are (huge) examples of the dissonance between "legal" and "right", which I was alluding to. I believe that, whichever position you take, you have a personal obligation to not just bend over and take it.
My post was written from Apple's point of view, merely because I agree with them in this instance. However, the logic applies either way: Yes, Samsung could say "F-You, we didn't infringe", and face the consequences as well (that would also be interesting to see; it's not my money we're betting with here). For me, the outcome of these legal battles are merely entertainment.
That ruling was updated in the appeal court judgement...
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1339.html
I totally agree 100% with this! Please I really want Apple to pull out of the UK market all together, ban sales of any of it's products in the UK. Ban the use of all of it's app stores in the UK on iOS devices and Mac computers, please..
Because then Apple's profits will dive and it's share price will plummet and it will have to reduce it's global operations and size of the corporation and it's employee levels'. It would be the best way to teach the corporation a lesson.
So please get a partition up and running to force this. Please...
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You can do it within a few minutes if you already know what the page is supposed to say and you have a reasonably fast typist.
I'm sure the two weeks is the time needed to meet with the lawyers and draft a response and then come up with a suitable re-wording and then send it through the various committees and executives and other lawyers that need to see it and then discuss all of the suggestions from the various proofreaders and then send it back and then there's probably a whole team devoted to approving online content and ... you can see where I'm going with this.
How the hell have you missed the best part of this story - that Apple's Lawyers said they could remove the statement in 48 hours but it would take 14 days to put up the placement!!!
The Judge must have pissed his pants laughing.
He then said no - do it in 48 hours or have Tim Cook issue a statement that they have a technical issue
Totally love it - dont try and take the piss of an English Judge, Apple - such a sign of arrogance
The Judge must have pissed his pants laughing.
He then said no - do it in 48 hours or have Tim Cook issue a statement that they have a technical issue
Totally love it - dont try and take the piss of an English Judge, Apple - such a sign of arrogance
Brilliant marketing on Apple's part. They've got everyone talking about this, and as the lyric goes "I don't care what you're saying, as along as it's about me." News organizations all over the world have picked up on this 'story" and by anyone reading the story, Apple has gotten it's point across, free. Apple doesn't care how it's looks, it was a dumb ruling to begin with. Tell me, what's the legal definition of "cool"? Isn't that a subjective term?? The judge erredand Apple is making him/her eat their words. And laughing all the way to the free publicity bank.
Learning from Samsung
It's funny that Samsung is getting bent out of shape because Apple quoted the judge saying, " Because it's simply not as cool" when Samsung's ad campaign for the Galaxy S3 is exactly that. "iPhone 5 is lame, the Galaxy S3 is way cooler". Oh well what you going to do, people always criticize the guy on top.
-Rusty
It's funny that Samsung is getting bent out of shape because Apple quoted the judge saying, " Because it's simply not as cool" when Samsung's ad campaign for the Galaxy S3 is exactly that. "iPhone 5 is lame, the Galaxy S3 is way cooler". Oh well what you going to do, people always criticize the guy on top.
-Rusty
So many sit-at-home lawyers today. Please quote sources saying what Apple wrote is, i legal terms, a "contempt of a court ruling."
It's amazing how Apple fans still act like Apple is the same (underdog) circa 1997 and needs all the help and backing we can offer. Fans get heated when the "underdog" doesn't appear to get a fair hearing, as if all the big boys are seeking to bring down the company.
Seriously, it's amazing to see the same kind of approach I used to see in 1997, when it was Apple v Microsoft (et all). Fans forget that Apple is the biggest company worldwide, has billions of cash and can afford the best lawyers in the business. And fail to see that Apple has now become the bully
It's amazing to see people thinking that Samsung is a small company being "bullied" by Apple.
I guess you judge a company's size by their profits...
So did that ruling. The list of websites were those requested by Samsung but the judge threw it out...