UK judges have ordered the company to replace the statement it published on its website about its design rights dispute with Samsung, The statement was required under the terms of a recent court order, but Samsung complained that it went too far.

The judges agreed, and gave Apple 24 hours to remove it. Lawyers for the company had asked that Apple be allowed 14 days to do it.

I'm not normally known as an Apple critic - I shy away from the kind of mouth-foaming comments that normally appear whenever the company is mentioned in a forum - but on this occasion I'm prompted to wonder what on earth is going on in the minds of the people at Apple HQ who (presumably) approved the original website notice. I read it, and I have to say I sympathise with Samsung's view.