Hasta La Gadget!

Nothing truly says “I’m sorry” like a large sum of cash, and Apple will have to open up its wallet to Samsung thanks to “false and misleading” information it published in a court-ordered statement. The decision stems from an earlier UK high court ruling ordering Cupertino to post an apology on its British website stating that the Galaxy Tab didn’t copy the iPad. However, according to a new judgement by the the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the apology it issued contained statements “calculated to produce confusion,” like references to unrelated, favorable judgements. Though Apple issued a second apology, the court is taking the unusual step of forcing it to pay all of Samsung’s legal fees for the entire case on an “indemnity basis” — in other words, to compensate the Korean maker for losses suffered due to the original statement. If you’d like to parse the legalese for yourself, hit the source.

Update: Some thought the original phrasing “which it did” implied that we thought Samsung did copy Apple, rather than the intended meaning — that Apple did issue a retraction. We’ve changed the wording, so thanks to everyone who pointed it out.

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UK court says Apple notice was ‘false and misleading,’ orders full repayment of Samsung’s legal costs originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When the jury in Apple v. Samsung handed down its verdict on Friday, we watched Apple take a victory lap and heard Samsung warn of hampered competition, but one company remained conspicuously silent: Google. This weekend, though, Mountain View finally released a statement, insisting that while Samsung lost the trial, the ruling doesn’t actually implicate Android. “The court of appeals will review both infringement and the validity of the patent claims. Most of these don’t relate to the core Android operating system,” the company said, noting that several of these patents are being revisited by the US Patent Office. Still, buried in that statement is an implicit acknowledgment that if Samsung can’t reverse the decision on appeal, innovation among Android devices might well be be stifled:

“The mobile industry is moving fast and all players – including newcomers – are building upon ideas that have been around for decades. We work with our partners to give consumers innovative and affordable products, and we don’t want anything to limit that.”

Of course, Samsung has indeed said it intends to appeal (and an internal memo reported by CNET corroborates this), so it would seem that the proxy battle against Android is far from over, and the drone of legalese is sure to continue.

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Google on Apple v. Samsung: most infringed patents ‘don’t relate to the core Android operating system’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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