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För några dagar sedan kunde vi rapportera om att Apple publicerat en ”ursäkt” på sin brittiska webbplats rörande anklagelserna om att Samsung skulle ha kopierat designen på iPad.
Utformningen på ”ursäkten” föll emellertid inte domaren Robin Jacob i smaken och nu beordras Apple att ta bort texten inom 24 timmar och snarast publicera en ny version.
- Jag är förvånad att ett företag som Apple beter sig på det här sättet. Det är ett klart brott mot domslutet, säger Robin Jacob till nyhetstjänsten Bloomberg.
I den nuvarande texten har Apple tagit med formuleringar från domen om att Samsungs pekplattor inte är lika ”coola” som Apples och att det därför inte föreligger någon förväxlingsrisk. Troligtvis lär dessa formuleringar få stryka på foten i nästa version.
Apple har begärt att få 14 dagar på sig att ta fram en ny text, något som också upprör den brittiske domaren. Enligt Jacobs borde ett stort teknikföretag kunna göra ändringar på sin webbsida snabbare än så.
Så här lyder den nuvarande texten i sin helhet:
Samsung / Apple UK judgment
On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the High court is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html.
In the ruling, the judge made several important points comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products:
"The extreme simplicity of the Apple design is striking. Overall it has undecorated flat surfaces with a plate of glass on the front all the way out to a very thin rim and a blank back. There is a crisp edge around the rim and a combination of curves, both at the corners and the sides. The design looks like an object the informed user would want to pick up and hold. It is an understated, smooth and simple product. It is a cool design."
"The informed user's overall impression of each of the Samsung Galaxy Tablets is the following. From the front they belong to the family which includes the Apple design; but the Samsung products are very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back. They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool."
That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union and was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 18 October 2012. A copy of the Court of Appeal’s judgment is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1339.html. There is no injunction in respect of the registered design in force anywhere in Europe.
However, in a case tried in Germany regarding the same patent, the court found that Samsung engaged in unfair competition by copying the iPad design. A U.S. jury also found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's design and utility patents, awarding over one billion U.S. dollars in damages to Apple Inc. So while the U.K. court did not find Samsung guilty of infringement, other courts have recognized that in the course of creating its Galaxy tablet, Samsung willfully copied Apple's far more popular iPad.
Utformningen på ”ursäkten” föll emellertid inte domaren Robin Jacob i smaken och nu beordras Apple att ta bort texten inom 24 timmar och snarast publicera en ny version.
- Jag är förvånad att ett företag som Apple beter sig på det här sättet. Det är ett klart brott mot domslutet, säger Robin Jacob till nyhetstjänsten Bloomberg.
I den nuvarande texten har Apple tagit med formuleringar från domen om att Samsungs pekplattor inte är lika ”coola” som Apples och att det därför inte föreligger någon förväxlingsrisk. Troligtvis lär dessa formuleringar få stryka på foten i nästa version.
Apple har begärt att få 14 dagar på sig att ta fram en ny text, något som också upprör den brittiske domaren. Enligt Jacobs borde ett stort teknikföretag kunna göra ändringar på sin webbsida snabbare än så.
Så här lyder den nuvarande texten i sin helhet:
Samsung / Apple UK judgment
On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the High court is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html.
In the ruling, the judge made several important points comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products:
"The extreme simplicity of the Apple design is striking. Overall it has undecorated flat surfaces with a plate of glass on the front all the way out to a very thin rim and a blank back. There is a crisp edge around the rim and a combination of curves, both at the corners and the sides. The design looks like an object the informed user would want to pick up and hold. It is an understated, smooth and simple product. It is a cool design."
"The informed user's overall impression of each of the Samsung Galaxy Tablets is the following. From the front they belong to the family which includes the Apple design; but the Samsung products are very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back. They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool."
That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union and was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 18 October 2012. A copy of the Court of Appeal’s judgment is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1339.html. There is no injunction in respect of the registered design in force anywhere in Europe.
However, in a case tried in Germany regarding the same patent, the court found that Samsung engaged in unfair competition by copying the iPad design. A U.S. jury also found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's design and utility patents, awarding over one billion U.S. dollars in damages to Apple Inc. So while the U.K. court did not find Samsung guilty of infringement, other courts have recognized that in the course of creating its Galaxy tablet, Samsung willfully copied Apple's far more popular iPad.
