Apple-Samsung ruling forces computer giant to run ads for competitor

South Korea's Samsung won a patent battle Monday against US rival Apple, with a British judge ruling that Samsung's …In one of the most curious rulings yet against Apple, the tech giant has been ordered by a British judge to run "Samsung did not copy iPad" ads on its U.K. website and in British newspapers.

Reuters reports that Judge Colin Birss ruled on July 9 that Samsung's designs were not "as cool" as Apple's iPad, and therefore were not a copy. The advertisements must run for at least six months.