Apple has posted a new statement on its website regarding the recent ruling that Samsung didn't copy the iPhone and iPad.
You may remember Apple already went live with a statement, but it was little more than a thinly-veiled attack on Samsung. A UK court ruled that it just wasn't good enough, and told Apple to do it again properly. So here's the new note, and it's significantly less snarky than the last.
For a start, Apple has made it a lot clearer on its homepage, using a larger font and placing it down at the centre, rather than hiding it away in a menu bar. "On 25 October 2012, Apple Inc. published a statement on its UK website in relation to Samsung's Galaxy tablet computers," the note reads. "That statement was inaccurate and did not comply with the order of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales." It then points us to the proper statement on the ruling.
This revised statement is much more succinct and to the point. All mention of how a judge said Samsung's tablets weren't as 'cool' as Apple's has been excised, as has any reference to the case in Germany where Samsung was found to have copied the iPad. That bit where Apple talked about winning $1 billion from Samsung in a patent case has gone too.
Judge Sir Robin Jacob of the Court of Appeal wasn't impressed with Apple's original statement. "I'm at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this," he said. He called the statement a "plain breach of the order."
This new statement will have to stick around on the Apple UK homepage until mid-December, providing it satisfies UK courts, that is. We'll have to wait and see what the bewigged ones think.
What do you make of it? Is it enough? Let me know in the comments below, or over on our Facebook page.
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Eric Manktelow 3 November, 2012 12:39
Looks a lot more like what I suspect the judges originally intended.
Don't see them having a problem with this.
Maybe Apple decided to stop tangling with the judge and just take it on the chin, tbh this will all die down much quicker if they just tow the line and that has to be better for them.
On a personal note seeing some of the Apple execs get charged with contempt and spend some time inside would have been a lot more entertaining!
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:28
they should pay for what they did in the first place. Stupid fruit company could of just kept it simple and done it properly in the first place instead of acting like a child and thinking they are superior and above the law and everyone else.
W@! $#&S
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:30
still not good enough, it should be displayed near menu bar (top of page) not in footer area, text font is larger but still not good enough as far as i'm concerned. The statement however is much better than previously
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:31
still not good enough, it should be displayed near menu bar (top of page) not in footer area, text font is larger but still not good enough as far as i'm concerned. The statement however is much better than previously.
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:31
still not good enough, it should be displayed near menu bar (top of page) not in footer area, text font is larger but still not good enough as far as i'm concerned. The statement however is much better than previously.
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:31
still not good enough, it should be displayed near menu bar (top of page) not in footer area, text font is larger but still not good enough as far as i'm concerned. The statement however is much better than previously.
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:31
still not good enough, it should be displayed near menu bar (top of page) not in footer area, text font is larger but still not good enough as far as i'm concerned. The statement however is much better than previously.
anonymous 3 November, 2012 13:32
still not good enough, it should be displayed near menu bar (top of page) not in footer area, text font is larger but still not good enough as far as i'm concerned. The statement however is much better than previously.
macu 3 November, 2012 13:55
The link on the Apple UK homepage is at the very bottom of the screen, where only those looking for something other a product would even bother to look. On a 24 inch monitor a 1920 x 1080 resolution I still had to scroll down to find it.
It should have been above the main images on screen where people could not avoid seeing it.
Really might as well not be there.
anonymous 3 November, 2012 14:26
I don't think the judge will come back at Apple on this. Apple could have got the wording right the first time round and then they wouldn't have looked like a child wth ADHD throwing a tantrum and refusing to put their toys away.
For what its worth I've just discovered Apple have to pay Cisco for the right to use the name iOS and iPhone. LMAO. Also they can't sell iPhones in Mexico becuase of a Mexican telecommunications company called iFone who have successfully defended their right to their own name. The iFone was registered in 2003 which was 4 years before the Apple iPhone and Apple tried to sue the Mexican company! Even though Cisco originally came up with the name iOS and iPhone. Don't even get me started on the Beatles record label!
Apple are a joke.
Stuart Perchard 3 November, 2012 15:20
another snippet of news is they've lost a court case in Mexico, which could cost them 40% of the iphone sales sold there in the last 5 years. What's the old saying what "what goes around comes around
anonymous 3 November, 2012 17:35
Didn't the court specifically state that the statement must be *on* apple's home page, not buried on an obscure page with an almost invisible link to it, deliberately placed so that it is off the screen ?
As your own article says, "This new statement will have to stick around on the Apple UK homepage"
The court should insist that the statement -- the whole statement, not just a link to it -- should be moved to the TOP of the homepage where everybody will see it.
anonymous 3 November, 2012 19:04
Apple has changed the layout of the UK page to force the footer lower and thus out of site. Will the judge see this as contempt of court?
Looks at this comparison of the UK and US homepages:
http://i.imgur.com/KH555.jpg
Eric Manktelow 3 November, 2012 20:13
anonymous 19:04, You are absolutely correct!
Didn't notice that before.
Sigh... Still I don't think the court will pull Apple up on this... unless we get lucky.
anonymous 4 November, 2012 10:51
@macu
It doesn't matter what screen size you are using, you will always have to scroll down to see it. They have used java script to resize the images so that the text is hidden until scrolling.
Mindyou I guess that it is better than using white text oon a white background...
anonymous 5 November, 2012 13:34
Apple Iphone changed the market and for that alone they should not have to put though this nonsence....
I remember all the phones prior to this time and how glum they used to be (but batterytime was amazing)
Who gives a crap what the courts say isnt the customer always right? and im saying the phones as well as visually look similar are becoming the same product with every upgrade either apple or google release. Just put android software on in iphone and leave it at that!