This was the ruling of the United Kingdom Samsung did not copy the design of the iPad to make the Galaxy Tab (enter the desired version)
This statement follows an order from the UK court which, in July of this year, acquitted Samsung in a lawsuit filed by the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), for breach of patents. As "punishment", the court forced Apple to file a public apology, through newspapers and the Internet.
Apple began by publishing this apology on its official website ... in England. Despite complying with this requirement, Apple never uses the word "apologies" in this statement. Wounded pride?
And not to miss the opportunity, Apple used the words of the court itself to highlight the advantages of your product, the iPad.
In its text Apple highlights:
"Samsung tablets belong to the same design family that includes the Apple iPad. However, they do not have the same discretion and simplicity. They are not as good as the competitor "
See the full statement from Apple, in this document (in English)
[Via]: Forbes
Imagine there being forced to apologize when the person next to you farted? the culprit is laughing and you are obliged to say words against his will, it is quite annoying, but nevertheless it is a necessary and accepted practice in the business world! frogs are swallowed to stay alive. But don't blame whoever judged it because in this case the maxim "the truth can be so complex that the observations made on a particular subject, viewed from different angles, can be quite contradictory" apply to someone who looks at the samsung tablet and calls it ipad for finding some similarity and some just say the samsung tablet is lighter and not the same as the ipad, they are contradictory points of view.
The interesting thing is that there is no convergence between decisions in different courts.
With the accusations of “misuse” of patents this does not happen, the courts around the world are unanimous… so…