Apple Lawyer Proposes Clarifying Statement On iPad 4G, Refunds
28 March 2012 - 11:49AM
Dow Jones News
Lawyers for Apple Inc. (AAPL) and the country's competition
regulator will seek to present to a federal court Wednesday an
agreed clarification statement on the compatibility of the new iPad
with 4G telecommunications networks in the country.
The clarification would be part of interim measures aimed at
consumers who may have been misled by descriptions of the device
ahead of a trial.
Paul Anastassiou, senior council representing Apple, told the
court the company had already made an offer to the Australian
Competition & Consumer Commission, or ACCC, to put a
clarification on its website and at sales points telling consumers
the new device isn't compatible with Telstra Corp.'s (TLS.AU) 4G
network in Australia, but had rejected the regulator's call to put
stickers on packaging.
Anastassiou also said Apple had proposed offering a refund for
purchasers of the new model iPad who may feel they were misled by
the companies description of the device, although he added Apple
was confident very few people would apply to return their iPad.
Judge Mordecai Bromberg called a recess until later Wednesday,
when he said he would hear the proposal on interim measures from
the two parties and when he said he expected to say whether he
would be available for a trial after the Easter holidays.
The Competition Commission has lodged a complaint with the
federal court in Melbourne accusing Apple of breaches of consumer
law over its marketing of the tablet computer
The hearing continues.
-By Robb M. Stewart, Dow Jones Newswires; +61 3 9292 2094;
robb.stewart@dowjones.com
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