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イギリスでの訴訟で敗訴したAppleによる、サムスンによる特許侵害はなかったという告知文「Samsung / Apple UK judgment」

Samsung / Apple UK judgment

現在も世界各国で訴訟合戦を繰り広げているAppleとサムスン。国により司法的な判断は見事に分かれているわけですが、7月にイギリスの裁判所は、Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1においてApple iPadへの特許侵害は無いとの判断を下しました。その結果に基づき、Apple UKのサイトのニュース欄にその結果が記載されることとなりました。

以下が全文です。

On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the High court is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html.

In the ruling, the judge made several important points comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products:

"The extreme simplicity of the Apple design is striking. Overall it has undecorated flat surfaces with a plate of glass on the front all the way out to a very thin rim and a blank back. There is a crisp edge around the rim and a combination of curves, both at the corners and the sides. The design looks like an object the informed user would want to pick up and hold. It is an understated, smooth and simple product. It is a cool design."

"The informed user's overall impression of each of the Samsung Galaxy Tablets is the following. From the front they belong to the family which includes the Apple design; but the Samsung products are 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."

That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union and was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 18 October 2012. A copy of the Court of Appeal’s judgment is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1339.html. There is no injunction in respect of the registered design in force anywhere in Europe.

However, in a case tried in Germany regarding the same patent, the court found that Samsung engaged in unfair competition by copying the iPad design. A U.S. jury also found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's design and utility patents, awarding over one billion U.S. dollars in damages to Apple Inc. So while the U.K. court did not find Samsung guilty of infringement, other courts have recognized that in the course of creating its Galaxy tablet, Samsung willfully copied Apple's far more popular iPad.

敗訴という屈辱な結果を掲載しないといけないのですが、そこはAppleさん、イギリスの裁判所で出された判決内容を掲載することでお詫びと見せかけ、実は皮肉を込めたパンチを繰り出しています。というのも、判決で裁判所は「サムスンによる特許侵害はない。だって、サムスンのタブレットはAppleのiPadよりクールじゃないもの。」なんてことを言ってたのでして、それをこの文章でも使用し、さらには「サムスンのGalaxyは遥かに人気の高いiPadを模倣したとの判断が他の国（ドイツなど）では出ており、サムスンによる特許侵害が認められている」などと、事実を書くことでお礼参りで2倍返ししちゃってますw

[追記]
上記の文章に修正が指示されたそうですw
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-01/apple-ordered-to-change-notice-in-u-k-samsung-case.html?cmpid=yhoo
ですから下記リンク先の文章は、変わることが予想されます。

→Samsung / Apple UK judgment
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