Following the fast and furious smartphone litigation around the world? Good. Even so, this story qualifies as a please-read-while-sitting-at-your-armchair material. There, you’ve been warned.
A British Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling, holding that Apple must run ads in major newspapers and media, as well as its own website and online store, that Samsung did NOT copy Apple’s design. The court ruling went so far as specifying the font size: the text for the ads should run in no less than “14 point Arial”, according to the ruling.
Yes, that’s right. You can read that paragraph one more time. When you’re ready to move on, details continue in the next paragraph.
The ruling means that the only remaining option for Apple in the U.K.--and also its final one--is to take the ruling all the way to the U.K. Supreme Court. Anyone willing to bet on whether Apple will do that?
In July of this year, U.K. Judge Colin Briss made international headlines when he ruled against Apple in Samsung’s favor in one of the many international lawsuits flying back and forth between the two electronics giants. In the UK, Samsung had actually brought the case to court first, asking for a ruling stating that it did not copy any of Apple’s designs.
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