Apple Suing Motorola Over Design of Xoom Tablet

Someone needs to sue Apple for making a black rectangular smartphone with a touch screen and that ran apps. I had one of those 5 years before the iPhone.

Tony

And if someone owned a patent on that, you bet your sweet a$$ Apple would be getting sued...
 
Apple is clearly dominating the tablet race. Should they even care to sue?

I know, especially the Xoom. Why bother suing such a bad product? They should leave it in production to reduce Motorola's credibility. Even my friend, a blind Droid/Google fan, still thinks that the Xoom is horrible.
 
thak god

thank god i gave p my ipad for a Samsung Galkaxy tab apple is getting out of hand they dont own the world wouldnt use an apple product again people will begin to call you all cry babies go make products that compete and stop trying to sue everyone outthere
 
I happen to have a Dell Latitude XT tablet (running Windows Vista, bleh), which my father described as looking "just like the iPad, except for the keyboard". So, um, people are easily confused I guess?

Nevertheless, aren't there practical benefits to having a black bezel (contrast with the content on the screen)? Which would seem to make it ineligible for being mere trade dress. (And of course, unlike the iPad, Motorola tosses a big "MOTOROLA" logo on there...)
 
Everyone is suing everyone else for patent infringement. Why don't they mutually agree to either open all the patents--thus paving the way for true innovation and exciting new products, or just pay each other royalties? It will probably all come out even in the end.

The entire point of a patent is to encourage innovation. Why spend the time/money to come up with something new, just so your competition can piggyback for free?

Because it won't encourage innovation. Why would Apple continue to innovate if other companies are allowed to sit back and copy what Apple did attempting to reap the benefit of the time and money Apple put into R&D?

Oh. What grmatt said.

Ok, this is getting out of hand. I know companies have to defend their IP, but personally I'd never confuse a Xoom or Galaxy for an iPad.

Consumer confusion is more an issue for trademarks than for patents. If someone released an iPadd or something, that wouldn't be a patent issue, but a trademark issue and the basis would be consumer confusion.
 
The Xoom looks nothing like an iPad. Android looks nothing like iOS. When you can't innovate, litigate.

Apple's been the one doing pretty much all the major innovating in consumer tech for the last few years. The question really is what they'll come up with *next.*

Perhaps Moto and Samsung et all should actually do some real work and become the first-mover for a change with awesome products that create and redefine entire markets.

As it stands it's Apple doing everyone else's work for them.
 
I don't understand why Apple is sueing Motorola. They have lost money for how many quarters now ? :rolleyes:
 
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so ever 2nd digital picture frame thing is an iPad rip off too? its a freakin tablet, how else is it supposed to look. its like saying a laptop is a mac book rip off and vise versa

Digital picture frames don't look like the iPad in my opinion. These do. The form factor may be similar, but does every other tablet need rounded corners and a thick black bezel? And yea, I'm still being serious here.

Take your laptop and Macbook analogy. Sure, the form factor is essentially the same, but there's almost no mistaking the design of an Apple design against the others. Rounded edges, uniform sized bezel, chiclet keyboard, streamlined port layout, button-less trackpad, and last but definitely not least, a unibody chassis. I can spot a Macbook miles away in any TV commercial, show, or film. It's just a cultural icon. Just like the iPad.

There are many ways one could differentiate from the originator. All you need is a little imagination in creativity and less copying machine business strategy. This is the difference between brilliant design and everything else.
 
I don't understand why Apple is sueing Motorola. They have lost money for how many quarters now ?

To make an example of them. That is the point. It is not to extract $ from them.

It's also being done to build a case for future litigation, for the same reason.
 
Anyone else notice that since MacRumors started posting these patent disputes as front page news that:

1) posts are a lot more aggressive with the conflicting nature of Apple v whoever

2) fanboys are out on both sides and there is little constructive debate (see posts above of, "can't innovate, litigate" versus "can't innovate, copy")

3) people simply don't understand either the complex nature of patent litigation, or believe they know it all. This leads to people thinking one side has 'won', when in reality, both sides will settle and continue their commercial relationships.

I believe we need a 'page 2' for this type of news, where interested parties can head. Right now, our community can look a tad ridiculous arguing over complex patent disputes as if we have the inside scoop.
 
I happen to have a Dell Latitude XT tablet (running Windows Vista, bleh), which my father described as looking "just like the iPad, except for the keyboard". So, um, people are easily confused I guess?

A Vista tablet? Wow, that must suck.

And I agree, the bezel is not a real design aspect that you can sue over.
 
Anyone else notice that since MacRumors started posting these patent disputes as front page news that:

1) posts are a lot more aggressive with the conflicting nature of Apple v whoever

2) fanboys are out on both sides and there is little constructive debate (see posts above of, "can't innovate, litigate" versus "can't innovate, copy")

3) people simply don't understand either the complex nature of patent litigation, or believe they know it all. This leads to people thinking one side has 'won', when in reality, both sides will settle and continue their commercial relationships.

I believe we need a 'page 2' for this type of news, where interested parties can head. Right now, our community can look a tad ridiculous arguing over complex patent disputes as if we have the inside scoop.

There is page 2, actually. The news there is not as interesting.
 
If it wasn't for Apple there wouldn't be a Xoom...

Could the same be said for the iPad and the TC1100? :confused:
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it seems apple is going to have to sue everyone in the world. Have they not gone to an ATT store? Every phone maker is making touch screen phones which look very much like an iPhone. All tablets look very much like an iPad. And most computer makers are now attempting to copy the air or the pro. Look at HP.
 
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Either Apple is super confident in these cases, or maybe it is becoming super arrogant: We have a huge cash so we can sue anyone as we like.
Maybe Apple's plan is to keep competitors out while they get their foot in the door and become the dominate player. Once Apple can get people developing for the iPad then it will be that much harder for the others to get people to also develop for their tablets. If, after months, or even years, the injunction is overturned, then Apple pays for damages to the other companies, but will continue to enjoy their dominance.

With the billions at their disposal, Apple has the luxury to view fines/penalties in the 100's of millions as just another expense. Why else would Apple not pay dividends to the shareholders? Any money invested in R&D for the iPhone/iPad/iOS has been made back many times over, especially since a lot of the technology in iOS was already being used in OS X.
 
I think I’m going to rush to judgement and pick sides BEFORE I know exactly what aspects of the Xoom are the specific alleged problem. Assumptions over facts, simplicity over detail! Who’s with me? :)
 
Take your laptop and Macbook analogy. Sure, the form factor is essentially the same, but there's almost no mistaking the design of an Apple design against the others. Rounded edges, uniform sized bezel, chiclet keyboard, streamlined port layout, button-less trackpad, and last but definitely not least, a unibody chassis. I can spot a Macbook miles away in any TV commercial, show, or film. It's just a cultural icon. Just like the iPad.

Actually, that reminded me of something. There is an HP laptop out there that looks almost EXACTLY like a MacBook Pro. I can't really find an image right now because of how many different HP laptops there are, but I saw it at Staples.

They copied every design feature of the MacBook Pro except for the keyboard, which is white. Apple needs to sue them.
 
What some of you people seem to be conveniently forgetting is that copying doesn't necessarily mean the outside aesthetic but how the device operates. And clearly the competitors have copied much of how the iPad operates.
 
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