UK Judge Tells Apple to Advertise a Win for Samsung

Posted in: Mobile & Wireless at 20/07/2012 17:42

A judge in Britain has ordered Apple to post notices on its Web site and to take out newspaper ads declaring that Samsung did not infringe Apple design patents.

The unusual decision was the latest twist in a global legal battle over patents between the two rivals in the smartphone and tablet businesses. It followed a Pyrrhic victory last week for Samsung, when the same judge, Colin Birss, rejected an Apple claim over tablet designs, saying consumers were unlikely to confuse Samsung's Galaxy tablets with Apple's iPad because the Galaxys were "not as cool."

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