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Gizmodo: Apple: "No Reasonable Person" Should Trust Their Marketing [IPhone 3G]
iPodObserver: Apple Legal Argument: It's Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
The Mac Observer: Apple Legal Argument: It’s Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
AppleInsider: Apple argues only a fool would believe its iPhone 3G ads
Apple: "No Reasonable Person" Should Trust Their Marketing [IPhone 3G]
Gizmodo —
... very telling, statement: Plaintiff's claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff's position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple's statements as claims of fact.In other words, if you believe what Apple says in an Apple ad, you are not a reasonable person. Well that point is more clear by the moment, isn't it? [Legal Doc (pdf) via Wired]
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Digital Daily —
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Plaintiff’s claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff’s position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple’s statements as claims of fact.
– Apple (AAPL) responds to a false advertising suit with an “only a moron would take our marketing hype literally” defense
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Apple Legal Argument: It's Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
iPodObserver —
In court documents responding to a lawsuit, Apple has made the seemingly unusual claim that no reasonable person cold construe Apple's own claims in its own advertising as "claims of fact." In other words, the company's legal department is arguing that the company's marketing department can't be relied on to tell the truth. The court documents, first noted and published by Wired 's GadgetLab blog, were filed by Apple in response to a lawsuit from 70-year old William Gillis alleging that Apple's claims that the iPhone 3G was twice as fast for half the price in browsing the ...
Apple Legal Argument: It’s Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
iPodObserver —
[image] In court documents responding to a lawsuit, Apple has made the seemingly unusual claim that no reasonable person cold construe Apple's own claims in its own advertising as "claims of fact." In other words, the company's legal department is arguing that the company's marketing department can't be relied on to tell the truth. The court documents, first noted and published by Wired 's GadgetLab blog, were filed by Apple in response to a lawsuit from 70-year old William Gillis alleging that Apple's claims that the iPhone 3G was twice as fast for half the price in browsing ...
Apple Legal Argument: It’s Not Reasonable To Believe Our Ads as Fact
The Mac Observer —
[image] In court documents responding to a lawsuit, Apple has made the seemingly unusual claim that no reasonable person cold construe Apple's own claims in its own advertising as "claims of fact." In other words, the company's legal department is arguing that the company's marketing department can't be relied on to tell the truth. The court documents, first noted and published by Wired 's GadgetLab blog, were filed by Apple in response to a lawsuit from 70-year old William Gillis alleging that Apple's claims that the iPhone 3G was twice as fast for half the price in browsing ...
Apple argues only a fool would believe its iPhone 3G ads
AppleInsider —
... filed by San Diego resident William Gillis back in September alleging that Apple and AT knowingly oversold the new iPhone alongside misleading ads that promised it would perform twice as fast as the original model. Apple's 9-page reply begins early off by maintaining that any statements it made "were truthful and accurate and were not misleading or deceptive." But it was a bullet point response a few pages later the caught the eye of Wired , as it suggests that only a fool would believe what the company says in its ads. "Plaintiff's claims, and those of the purported ...
News: Mix: iPhone 3G ads, Gartner, iFund, DownloadShopper
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
... by iPhone customer William Gillis over iPhone 3G issues and possible false advertising based on the “twice as fast for half the price” claim, Apple has stated that “no reasonable person” should have actually believed the slogan. “Plaintiff’s claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff’s position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple’s statements as claims of fact,” Apple said in its response. Gillis was one of many disgruntled iPhone customers to file ...
The Macalope Weekly: Virus protection, awesome business ideas, and fishy litigation
MacUser —
... ? Next Palm will be poaching the sous chefs from Caffe Macs. Dammit, when will that Apple magic kick in?! I’m Shocked, SHOCKED, To Find There’s Marketing Going On Here! Looks like Apple’s ads have put some pantaloons into a twist , particularly the pantaloons of ...
The Macalope Weekly: Virus protection, awesome business ideas, and fishy litigation
Macworld —
... ? Next Palm will be poaching the sous chefs from Caffe Macs. Dammit, when will that Apple magic kick in?! I’m Shocked, SHOCKED, To Find There’s Marketing Going On Here! Looks like Apple’s ads have put some pantaloons into a twist , particularly the pantaloons of ...
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