Samsung 與 Apple 的官司在不同地區有不同結果，英國法院早前就要求 Apple 需要向 Samsung 道歉，表示 Galaxy 平板並沒有抄襲 iPad 設計。日前 Apple 就在英國官網上提供連結，但聲明內容帶諷刺性，十分有趣。
日前 Apple 在英國官網上最底部分加入了 “Samsung / Apple UK judgement” 連結，並不顯眼，但已是按法官要求進行。而內容大概提及法官早前的判詞，表示 Samsung Galaxy 平板設計與 Apple iPad 同出一轍，但沒有 iPad 的簡約易用設計，也不及 iPad 般酷。之後 Apple 亦說明，儘管得不到英國法院認同，但德國及美國法院均認為 Samsung 侵犯了 iPad 設計，完全陳述了整件事的來龍去脈。以下是英國 Apple 的原文內容：
Samsung / Apple UK judgment
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.
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