[ralfn]

The UK has slander laws. Apple claimed that Samsung copied their design. Not just in a private trial, but in public.

You cant actually do that in the Uk, unless you can prove it. They could not, according to the judge, hence its slander.

The default assumption is innocent until proven guilty. If i call you a murderer, but i can not prove it, Uk laws would force me to make statement that you are not a murderer.

Again, you dont have to prove that you are not. I had to prove you were, before i opened my mouth.

These laws sound really cool though, and they are good for these kind of situations. But in general those laws often end up just limiting free speech of people with less legal funds.

[Terretta]

> You cant actually do that in the Uk, unless you can prove it. They could not, according to the judge, hence its slander.

On the contrary, I understand Samsung requested that Apple be barred from making public statements claiming that the Galaxy Tab had infringed upon the iPad design, but the judge specifically ruled that Apple is within its rights to make such claims in line with the company's belief that the ruling is incorrect.