Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL), which has complied with a
U.K. court order to state on its website that Samsung did not infringe on its
iPad design, has also added the judge's comment, who said that Samsung's
devices are "not as cool."
Apple lost the patent battle against Samsung in a High
Court in London on October 18, with the judge saying that the look of Samsung
Galaxy Tab computers were not too similar to designs registered in connection
with the iPad.
The original ruling was passed in July and the judge
had commented then that Samsung’s devices were "not as cool" because
they lacked Apple's "extreme simplicity."
The court ruled that Apple needed to run ads saying
that Samsung had not infringed on its patent rights and also display a link to
the judgement on its website.
At the time Apple had argued unsuccessfully in court
that mentioning Samsung on its site would be in effect a free advertisement for
its rival.
A link to the text-only addition to Apple website can
be found in the footer of its U.K. page. The link is titled "Samsung/Apple
UK Judgement".
The text lets visitors know that "the High Court
of Justice in England and Wales ruled on July 9, 2012, that Samsung's Galaxy
Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe on Apple's design patent No.
0000181607-0001."
The text also goes on to say that the judge mad a
number of important points when comparing the two devices. The judge also sad
that the iPad was an "understated, smooth and simple product. It is a cool
design."
The Samsung devices were dismissed as
"insubstantial members of the company's product lineup with unusual
details on the back, according to the judge.
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