애플은 '삼성이 아이패드를 베끼지 않았음'을 공표하라!

애플은 '삼성이 아이패드를 베끼지 않았음'을 공표하라!

                                    _ 블룸버그 기사 2012. 7. 19.

 

영국의 판사 콜린 버스가 애플에게 위 제목과 같은 명령을 내렸다.

영국 내 애플의 홈페이지와 영국 신문들에 그 사실을 실으라는 것이다.

콜린 버스 판사는 지난 7월9일에 삼성 갤럭시 탭이 애플의 아이패드 디자인을 침해하지 않았다고 판결한 사람이다.

이 판결은 지난 6월29일 미국 캘리포니아 북부지원에서의 루시 코 판사가 내린 가처분 판결과 상치되어 관심을 끌었었다.

이러한 공표는 경쟁회사인 삼성을 공개적으로 광고해주는 꼴이 되어 애플을 곤혹스럽게 하고 있다.

애플은 자신의 홈페이지에 6개월간 그 사실을 게재하여야 할뿐만 아니라, 파이낸셜 타임즈, 데일리 메일, 가디언 모바일 매거진, T3 등 유력 신문에도 공시하여야 한다.

 

그 동안 적잖이 마음 앓이해 온 삼성으로서는 비록 작으나마 짜릿한 위안이 될 것이다.

 

 

* (보충 덧말) : 'cool'의 의미에 대해..

콜린 버스 판사의 판결문에서 사용한 'cool'의 의미를 두고 약간의 논란이 있었다.

한 트위트 팔로워는 "ㅋㅋ 갤탭이 아이패드처럼 멋진 디자인이 아니니 베낀게 아니다.ㅋㅋㅋ 영국법원은 삼성한테 울트라 빅엿을 먹이는구만 ㅋㅋ "이라고 리트윗을 하기도 했다.
판결문에서는 갤럭시탭이 아이패드 만큼 'cool'하지 않다고 명백히 언급하고 있다.

 

'cool'을 요즘 아이들 말로는 '쩐다'라고 번역된다고 한다.
'쩐다'는 '멋지다', '대단하다'라는 의미.
그런데 판사가 판결문에서 언급할 때 'cool'을 '쩐다'라는 의미로 썼을까?
판결문에서 캘탭이 아이패드보다 멋지지 못하다는 의미로 사용했을까?
그렇다고 보기는 어려울 것이다.
아마도 심미적 차별성을 말하고자 했을 것이고,
그렇다면, cool(or sharp, simple) <-> warm(or tender, showy)의 의미로 쓴 건 아닐까?

 

 

 

Apple Must Publish Notice That Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad in U.K. 

By Kit Chellel - 

Apple Inc. (AAPL) was ordered by a judge to publish a notice on its U.K. website and in British newspapers alerting people to a ruling that Samsung Electronics Co. didn’t copy designs for the iPad.

The notice should outline the July 9 London court decision that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets don’t infringe Apple’s registered designs, Judge Colin Birss said yesterday. It should be posted on Apple’s U.K. home page for six months and published in several newspapers and magazines to correct any impression the South Korea-based company was copying Apple’s product, Birss said.  

 

The order means Apple will have to publish “an advertisement” for Samsung, Richard Hacon, a lawyer for Cupertino, California-based Apple, told the court. “No company likes to refer to a rival on its website.”

Apple is fighting patent lawsuits around the globe against competitors including Google Inc., HTC Corp. (2498) and Samsung as it competes for dominance of the smartphone and tablet computer markets. The firms have accused each other of copying designs and technology in their mobile devices. Legal battles about the similarity of Samsung and Apple tablets are being fought in Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S.

Public Statements

Birss said in his July 9 ruling that Samsung’s tablets were unlikely to be confused with the iPad because they are “not as cool.” He declined yesterday to grant Samsung’s bid for an injunction blocking Apple from making public statements that the Galaxy infringed its design rights.

“They are entitled to their opinion,” he said.

Apple spokesman Alan Hely didn’t immediately respond to a phone call and e-mail requesting comment on the judge’s order.

“Should Apple continue to make excessive legal claims based on such generic designs, innovation in the industry could be harmed and consumer choice unduly limited,” Samsung said in a statement after the hearing.

“The war between these two companies seems to be escalating even further,” said Colin Fowler, an intellectual property lawyer at London-based Rouse. He said much of the publicity around the July 9 ruling focused on Birss’ comments about Samsung not being as cool.

“From a victory in court they were suddenly on the back foot,” Fowler said in a phone interview. “Getting this order fits in with the context of them trying to restore the balance.”

Comments made by Apple after that ruling unfairly implied that Samsung had copied designs, Samsung’s lawyer Kathryn Pickard said at the hearing. That “caused real commercial harm.”

As well as Apple’s website, the company must pay for notices in the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile magazine, and T3, according to a draft copy of the order provided by Samsung’s lawyers.

Apple’s lawyer said the company would appeal the July 9 decision and Judge Birss granted the company permission to take its case to the court of appeal.

The case is Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited & Anr v. Apple Inc., High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, HC11C03050.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kit Chellel in London at cchellel@bloomberg.net