“A U.S. judge rejected several requests by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to keep portions of key documents out of public view in their high-stakes patent litigation battle set for trial later this month,” Dan Levine reports for Reuters.
“In an order issued late on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, wrote that ‘it appears that the parties have overdesignated confidential documents and are seeking to seal information that is not truly sealable,'” Levine reports. “Koh gave both companies one week to refile their sealing requests… Koh’s order on Tuesday came hours after Reuters filed a motion seeking to intervene in the case for the purposes of opposing Apple and Samsung’s document redactions. The judge wrote that ‘only documents of exceptionally sensitive information that truly deserve protection will be allowed to be redacted or kept from the public.'”
Levine reports, “Koh has already granted pretrial injunctions against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 and its Galaxy Nexus phone. Samsung is appealing both of those orders. Samsung’s phones and tablets run on the Android operating system, developed by Google.”
Read more in the full article here.
So the judge is the authority to determine what is … exceptionally sensitive information?
Sure!
In short, YES. The way should be.
Breaking News: Apple has to publish notice that Samsung didn’t copy the iPad
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57474998-235/apple-has-to-publish-notice-that-samsung-didnt-copy-the-ipad/
They have to publish that a COURT said Samsung didn’t copy. There’s a difference.
How about:
“Although a lower court in the UK says Samsung didn’t copy our iPad, we disagree, and here’s why…”
Oh, that is about the sleaziest court decision I’ve ever heard. This is where Apple, rather than putting up these notices, simply ceases to sell the iPad in the UK, then offer discounts to UK citizens who travel to France or Holland and buy one. Saving Samsung’s reputation after his “Samsung is not cool looking” comment? Time for him to go eat some of that great UK dessert, Spotted Dick.