Apple has posted a revised version of an acknowledgement of a ruling that Samsung did not copy the design of its market leading iPad tablet, after a judge said that the original statement was “untrue” and “incorrect”.
The Cupertino-based company was originally ordered to post the statement on its website and several national publications after the High Court ruled that the iPad could not possibly be confused for the Samsung Galaxy Tab as the Samsung device wasn’t “cool enough.”
Apple posted an acknowledgement last week, but it made reference to court cases in other countries where Samsung had been found guilty of infringing Apple patents, which something which created the “impression that the UK court is out of step with other courts.”
“On 25 October 2012, Apple Inc. published a statement on its UK website in relation to Samsung’s Galaxy tablet computers,” reads a new, larger statement on Apple’s UK website. “That statement
“On 9 July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computers, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s Community registered design No. 0000181607-0001,” reads the full statement, which also includes a link to the full judgment.”
“That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union and was upheld by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 18 October 2012,” it continued. “There is no injunction in respect of the Community registered design in force anywhere in Europe.”
Apple had demanded 14 days to make the changes, but the UK Appeals Court gave it just 48 hours to issue a new acknowledgement.
“I’m at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this,” Judge Robin Jacob is quoted as saying. “That is a plain breach of the order.”
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Well if I was the judge I would be holding them in contempt of court. The acknowledgement is a link at the bottom of the page, but deliberately positioned below the copyright and 'Use of cookies' bar lines - so users have to scroll below the main content even on a full HD screen. Sort of like newspaper burying an apology on page 11 of the 50 page Sunday supplement!
Truth and honesty is something that is very hard for Apple!
It's even worse than you think, brian m. Apple has inserted java script into their UK homepage to resize the image of the iPad Mini on the fly so as to make the link to the legal statement fall 'below the fold'. Try it on differet screens and see what I mean.