Couldn't Apple just refuse? What's the worst that could happen? They'll make the UK angry? Surely they can afford to pull out of that market if it comes to that. It's a fairly small market.

No offense intended to UK customers, but a court demanding a written apology like this is just silly.

Oh boy.... Judge Robin Jacob must be an iPad 3 customer or something....

The judges are taking this personally. No apology was ever order. Apple was required to make a statement of fact in order to dispel confusion by potential customers. They did this to the letter, even pasting exactly the wording that was ordered. They followed every part of what they were instructed to do. They worst one can claim is that they added additional facts to their statement. But the judges here say that they think Apple is in breach of the order because they included statements that were "incorrect" and "untrue". I'd ask the judges to point out a single statement in Apple's notice that was untrue or incorrect. 

They won't be able to. And that shows that this is personal. The judges feel that Apple gave them the finger, I think mainly because the media portrayed it that way. The media mistakenly reported the notice by Apple as being an apology and and sarcastic one at that. But there was no apology ordered. The order specifically said it was not meant to make Apple lose face but only to clarify the status of the case to potential buyers. They did this. But the judges have their panties all bunched up because the media portrayed it as Apple insulting them and they bought into it.

It becomes obvious by Samsung selected the UK to Apple in. Mushy headed judges seem fairly common there.

Judge didn't stipulate font color!... A soft white for text and link should do nicely...

It's not like the UK can put Apple in jail.  They should really give this judge the middle finger and see what happens.  I predict nothing at all.  Again, worst case scenario is they can no longer sell in the UK.  Small country; no big loss.

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Originally Posted by Clocknova 

Couldn't Apple just refuse? What's the worst that could happen? They'll make the UK angry? Surely they can afford to pull out of that market if it comes to that. It's a fairly small market.
No offense intended to UK customers, but a court demanding a written apology like this is just silly.

The absolute worst thing that could happen would be imprisonment for contempt of court. No, the company can't be put in jail but owners and directors can be.

That's the extreme worst case scenario though. More likely will be a fine, which unpaid could lead to seizure of assets.

Globally, the UK market is pretty small but it's a big market for Apple. Two of the three largest Apple stores in the world are located in London. Apple could afford to pull out of the UK market just as the could afford to pull out of the US market. Just because something is possible doesn't make it a good idea though.

The law in England is very clear about this kind of order. It isn't the judge laying down font sizes and locations to his own taste. There is pre-existing guidance.

This is so typically UK in recent years. I really can't stand the place any more. It treats it's citizens (and companies) like children.

The place is an embarrassment.

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Originally Posted by Clocknova 

Couldn't Apple just refuse? What's the worst that could happen? They'll make the UK angry? Surely they can afford to pull out of that market if it comes to that. It's a fairly small market.
No offense intended to UK customers, but a court demanding a written apology like this is just silly.

What I think is even funnier is that the only people that read it know it's been done by the court and the court is being stupid and most people just laugh at it.

I think Apple should state that the only reason why they are stating it is because they were ordered to, but they don't take the same position and neither do other courts in other countries.

The judge on this case is OBVIOUSLY a wanker.  I thought their apology was appropriately stated the first time. They were quoting the judge and he didn't give them specific verbiage originally did he?

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Originally Posted by Clocknova 

It's not like the UK can put Apple in jail.  They should really give this judge the middle finger and see what happens.  I predict nothing at all.  Again, worst case scenario is they can no longer sell in the UK.  Small country; no big loss.

No one even reads the thing unless they need a good laugh.