UK judge rules in favor of Samsung
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July 10, 2012, Tuesday
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SAMSUNG Electronics defeated Apple in the latest spat in the rivals' patent wars when a British judge yesterday ruled Samsung's Galaxy tablets did not infringe the US company's designs for the iPad because they were "not as cool."
In yesterday's High Court judgment, Judge Colin Birss said Samsung's Galaxy tablets belonged to the same family as the Apple design when viewed from the front, but the Samsung products were "very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back."
"They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool," he said. "The overall impression produced is different."
The victory for Samsung comes days after a US appeals court lifted a freeze on sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphones, although it upheld a lower court's decision to temporarily halt sales of its Galaxy 10.1 tablet.
In yesterday's High Court judgment, Judge Colin Birss said Samsung's Galaxy tablets belonged to the same family as the Apple design when viewed from the front, but the Samsung products were "very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back."
"They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool," he said. "The overall impression produced is different."
The victory for Samsung comes days after a US appeals court lifted a freeze on sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphones, although it upheld a lower court's decision to temporarily halt sales of its Galaxy 10.1 tablet.
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