The British court refused to ban the Samsung Galaxy Tab - because the iPad is "cooler"

The court in the UK refused Apple to satisfy the claim to ban the sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet, Interfax reports with reference to Bloomberg.
Judge Colin Birsss motivated his decision by the fact that the Galaxy Tab is not as cool in design as the iPad.

“The sensations from use are completely different,” the judge, who did not believe, so that the Koreans stole technologies and design among the Americans who created such a wonderful gadget.

Despite the fact that both devices are similar on the front side, the style of the rear of the Galaxy Tab is unique to overcome this frontal similarity. ”
The judge also stated that the tablet from Samsung does not have such a "restrained simplicity" that the iPad design has. In his opinion, the American company has no reason for claims to South Korean competitors.

Thus, the claim of the American company is denied. In the official message, Samsung welcomes the court decision, but whether the South Korean company will celebrate such a victory, this is another question, since the judge actually decided that its products are worse than that of competitors.

Apple sued Samsung in the UK, as in a number of other countries, claiming that the Galaxy Tab design is copied with the iPad.

Recall that the battle of the giants began in April last year, when the "Apple" corporation filed a complaint about violation of patents about the design, the user interface and the design of the iPad and iPhone packaging. Apple believes that Samsung helps to copy the design of its products to its development, which it has as a partner.

Samsung answered complaints to the courts of different countries around the world, convicting Apple in the illegal use of a number of important technologies for wireless communication.

Despite Apple's attempts to prohibit the sale of Samsung mobile devices, sales of a South Korean company are successful. The company recently stated that after the results of the second quarter of the record operating profit of 6.7 trillion won (about $ 5.9 billion). According to analysts, the main factor in the Samsung smartphones Galaxy’s Samsung smartphones was the main factor.

In May, the general director of the two companies, at the court’s insistence, held negotiations, but could not come to an agreement that would resolve the patent conflict. At the same time, despite the acute competition between manufacturers in the mobile electronics market, Samsung remains one of the key suppliers of accessories for Apple gadgets.