“Apple has lost its appeal against a ruling that cleared rival Samsung of copying its registered designs for tablet computers, in a decision which could end the two firms’ legal dispute on the subject across Europe,” Stephen Eisenhammer reports for Reuters.
“Britain’s Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the country’s High Court judgment that, despite some similarities, Samsung’s Galaxy tablet did not infringe Apple’s designs, in part because its products were ‘not as cool,'” Eisenhammer reports. “The U.S. company has been instructed to run advertisements saying Samsung did not copy its registered tablet designs, both on its website and in selected newspapers.”
Eisenhammer reports, “Apple can appeal to the Supreme Court.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Samsung didn’t copy iPad – and iPhone before that? Seriously? They knocked it off lock, stock and barrel!
Apple needs to immediately appeal this to the UK Supreme Court, here’s hoping they, at least, have working brains and eyeballs.
Apple’s products came first, then Samsung’s:
By the way, here’s what Google’s Android looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:
You all know the designer of the iPhone and iPad is an English man, Jonathan Ives. The Queen of England knighted him for his exquisite work. Maybe somebody ought to tell the judge, and ask him if he has ever been knighted for his rulings. Maybe the Queen needs a new title to bequeath. Judge Blockhead has a ring to it.
Meanwhile, Great Brittain has a population of only 62 million, a mere fraction of the populations of China, India, the U.S, and etc. where Apple products are in short supply. Maybe the back orders for iPads and iPhones in Great Brittain should take on a new life. You know, a two to three year wait, even as the availability in Holland, France, and the rest of Europe improves by the old English allotment.
If England is not going to protect the creativity of their own inventors, then they should not get to enjoy the results of using great design. I don’t think this judge is “cool enough” to understand the long term effects of his rulings.