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by amvp 4978 days ago
Didn't the order require the statement to be:

  1. Made on the home page itself
  2. In a 14pt font which (according to http://www.getallfix.com/2011/11/convert-empxpt-and-in-css/) should be some 19px high.
Instead this is a link to the statement (in a div with the class sosume - little gag there) in a 11px font size... not to mention the fact that the additional paragraphs after the statement itself somewhat go against the spirit of the order.
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Tyrannosaurs 4978 days ago
The appeal court revised it slightly - it basically just has to be linked from the home page which it is (by which them mean the Apple UK home page, not the US one - it's a UK ruling). It's down in the bottom navigation with the privacy policy, terms and so on.

They also revised the time it has to be there down from 6 months to 1 month.

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Nursie 4978 days ago
It says websites, it does then go on to give URL's, but these are the top level URLs for various EU countries, so I guess they could argue it is on their website.

Open to interpretation, IMHO, though I would have assumed the judge meant the front pages.

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stordoff 4978 days ago
It was modified in the appeal:

>Mr Carr [for Samsung] realistically recognised that Apple had a genuine interest in keeping it uncluttered. He proposed that instead of requiring the notice to be on the web page itself, it would be sufficient if there were a link provided from that to the notice. There are some links already provided. All that need be added is a link entitled "Samsung/Apple UK judgment." I think that would be appropriate and proportionate.

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jdswain 4978 days ago
The sosumi div is used worldwide, and is the name of the div for legal links on Apples home page, it's not new for this notice. A good historical reference, but nothing to do with this legal judgement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi

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rb12345 4978 days ago
Apparently only the print version needs to be 14pt; the web version can be 11pt Arial. At 96 DPI, 11pt Arial is slightly larger than the 14px used on the site. Good luck reading it on retina displays, too, although it's possible that the iPad and friends rescale it.
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coob 4978 days ago
The statement itself is 14px
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