News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple told to rewrite "Samsung didn't copy", post on front page until Dec 14th. Parent comment

Re:Apple told to rewrite "Samsung didn't copy", post on fron... by debacle on Thursday November 01, 2012 @10:27AM (#4727658)
In most jurisdictions, you are expected to comply with the spirit of a court order. Lawyers have some wiggle room when it comes to wordings, but it's a fine line between seeming clever and pissing the judge off.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple told to rewrite "Samsung didn't copy", post on fron... by lonnyk on Thursday November 01, 2012 @11:38AM (#4728053)
>In most jurisdictions, you are expected to comply with the spirit of a court order.

In what country are you referring to?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple told to rewrite "Samsung didn't copy", post on fron... by pcwalton on Thursday November 01, 2012 @12:23PM (#4728292)
Any jurisdiction with contempt of court, basically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court
[ Parent | on HN ]