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UK Judge Rules Samsung Tablets 'Not as Cool' as iPad

Kerm said:
"Apple has 21 days in which to appeal the ruling."

Now if Apple wants to appeal the ruling, they'll have to argue that the Samsung tablet is "as cool" as the iPad.
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The argument they are likely to use is that the judge pulled apart the various design elements to seek prior art on each element rather than the totality or how Apple applied the elements. Say like the 'frame' around the screen. Yes basically every tablet style device has that frame but before Apple was it flat and under the glass or some other style.
 
madmin said:
IIRC, it's been over 20 years already since one of the earliest genuine computer system hackers to get caught and prosecuted pleaded not guilty on the grounds that he was already an addicted geek/hacker by the time the govt passed the relevant computer mis-use laws arguing that he was unable to subsequently control himself. He won, but his friends had already pleaded guilty and did time. Apparently, the young Brits were also barred from ever physically entering the US :rolleyes:
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Amazing!

I guess truth is always stranger than fiction!:eek:

It seems you really can't exaggerate enough in the service of satire to outdo the real world!:rolleyes::D
 
roadbloc said:
Not sure how the coolness of a product has any effect on the law, but I'm not a judge.
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It doesn't. Prior art that covers the front design of the iPad and Samsung Tab, making their "similarity" something that's related to their tablet heritage (all tablets kinda look alike from the front was the basis of that decision) and the difference between both of the product's backs is what lead to the decision, not the "cool" part.
 
charlituna said:
The argument they are likely to use is that the judge pulled apart the various design elements to seek prior art on each element rather than the totality or how Apple applied the elements. Say like the 'frame' around the screen. Yes basically every tablet style device has that frame but before Apple was it flat and under the glass or some other style.
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If you apply the totality, then Apple's case still falls apart, since from the different sides and back, it's obvious Samsung did not copy the "total package". The similarities end at the front, which is not original to Apple.
 
kazmac said:
Too funny, especially coming from a U.K. judge.
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I'm surprised the judges here know what an iPad is, or a Mac, or any computer in fact... we always think of them as dusty old farts, mumbling about something irrelevant and banging a gavel with a black cap on...
 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathe in, breath out* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
Schizoid said:
I'm surprised the judges here know what an iPad is, or a Mac, or any computer in fact... we always think of them as dusty old farts, mumbling about something irrelevant and banging a gavel with a black cap on...
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Don't they still wear wigs in grand old UK ?

So a guy in a wig says the iPad is cooler than samsungs..
 
So would calling a product cooler than another one in a courtroom be considered as stating a personal opinion? :D
 
I think the samsung tablet looks cool but it doesn't have iOS, which is the best mobile operating system. I hope this case ends the patient wars, if apple appeals, I hope the next judge says the same thing.
 
Shrink said:
Thanks for the post.:D

I was thinking the same thing, but I was too chicken to question the statement being an old fart and generally out of it.

Cool post!!!:D:D
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according to Tumblr "flaw free" is the new cool

regarding the topic: my new "flaw free" iPad 3 is on its way to me :)
 
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