Apple’s been experiencing a mix of good and bad luck in
the courts lately. You may remember back in July that we learned of an
interesting outcome to a case that Apple lost, regarding Samsung and
claims of copying the iPad. The judge overseeing the case ruled that
Apple had to run ads in the UK for a period of six months, as well as
placing a notice on its website, where it would
publicly clear Samsung of any accusations of copying its designs.
Understandably, Apple wasn’t about to take that lying down, and
subsequently filed an appeal. Now we learn that Apple has lost that
appeal, and may have to go forward with abiding by the original order.
There’s still the chance Apple might try appealing again to the UK
Supreme Court, but there’s no telling if that ruling would be any
different. The judges hearing the appeal did throw Apple a few bones,
though, like deciding that the notice on its website need only run for a
month’s time, and could be hidden behind a rather innocuous link
labeled “Samsung/Apple judgement”.
Apparently one sticking point for the judges was that Apple took
things too far by accusing Samsung of outright copying its designs, as
opposed to simply infringing upon them through the production of
substantially similar hardware.
Source:
BBC
Via:
BGR
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