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Originally Posted by
Gatorguy 
Assuming is was done intentionally to hide the notice I don't look at it as childish at all, nor really something unexpected. Florian Mueller has a different word to describe how another judge might be viewing them when things don't go Apple's way.
Just my personal and completely unimportant opinion but I don't consider it a well thought out move by Apple considering the number of on-going actions they have in other courts and the likelihood of other judges in other courts being aware of how they're handling an unfavorable but not terribly important court decree. The more they drag this out the more Apple keeps it in the news, and the more attention they get. With that said I'm sure Apple has deep enough pockets that they don't need to be very concerned with some court now or later being irritated with them. They're too rich and powerful to be worried.
I think it was very well thought out.
The initial post, stating the judge's comments, is the one that folk can actually understand.
The second post is just a short legal paragraph that doesn't even mention the iPad.
You're right; this was a relatively unimportant case as it didn't involve any design that Apple ships. To me, it looks like the judge was trying to make the case look bigger than it actually was. Most of the attention drawn to it were through his actions alone; a very poor show.
