The design registration that is just a rectangle with rounded corners and a glass front ? That complaint ?
Or does this even have more claims than just that.
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Apple Suing Motorola Over Design of Xoom Tablet
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The design registration that is just a rectangle with rounded corners and a glass front ? That complaint ?
Or does this even have more claims than just that.
Err, doesn't that describe a thousand phones that came out before the iPad/iPhone? Especially the colored icons bit.
Slim design has got to be the most ridiculous one after the colored icons. Letting Apple patent making devices slim is like letting Ferrari patent making cars fast. Sorry, if the car you manufacture exceeds 200 MPH, you gotta pay licensing fees to Ferrari
Err, doesn't that describe a thousand phones that came out before the iPad/iPhone? Especially the colored icons bit.
Slim design has got to be the most ridiculous one after the colored icons. Letting Apple patent making devices slim is like letting Ferrari patent making cars fast. Sorry, if the car you manufacture exceeds 200 MPH, you gotta pay licensing fees to Ferrari
I think this highlights how ridiculous this whole situation is :
http://es.scribd.com/doc/61944044/Community-Design-000181607-0001
This is basically the document on which the complaint that gave Apple an injunction against Samsung's Tab 10.1 rests upon.
This is the stupidest thing I've read this week. Do you think Best Buy and it's ilk are charities? They deserve their cut because they operate the store in which the software is sold (that's how retail works, whether it's brick and mortar, or online). They run the servers, they provide app storage and bandwidth for delivery, they handle payment transaction, they handle collection of taxes for the regions in which you sell your app, they handle disbursement of payment to the developers. They handle EVERYTHING other than writing the app. If you wanna bitch about rates they want for in app sales/subscriptions then that's fine. That's something that is worthy of scrutiny. Taking a 30% cut of app sales is entirely justifiable.
The App Store has been a god send for developers. It has given a huge number of independent developers (I'm one of them) the means to make more money than would ever have been possible without it. Apple taking a 30% cut in exchange for an audience the size of the iOS user base, and little effort required on the developers part in the "sales" end of the process is a bargain and a half.
Hm- this does describe the Galaxy Tab, however, I've never held a Motorola Xoom, but it appears to have black plastic on the edges rather than metal. So you'd have to broaden even those claims, it seems. (Note that I'm not a lawyer or anything)
just Grabbed the First thing you saw eh? That is not the document that gave Apple the injunction.
Here this is what your looking for. Read before assuming something.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61993811/10-08-04-Apple-Motion-for-EU-Wide-Prel-Inj-Galaxy-Tab-10-1
Sorry, but the iPad 2 is the most uncomfortable tablet to hold/use for any extended period of time compared to the Xoom, Galaxy Tab and even the Acer Iconia.
The beveled edge sucks. How many iPad2 owners are in fear of snapping off the damn connector or mangling it because of the beveled slot?
I prefer the original iPad form factor over the new one.
Err, doesn't that describe a thousand phones that came out before the iPad/iPhone? Especially the colored icons bit.
Slim design has got to be the most ridiculous one after the colored icons. Letting Apple patent making devices slim is like letting Ferrari patent making cars fast. Sorry, if the car you manufacture exceeds 200 MPH, you gotta pay licensing fees to Ferrari
Obviously, I don't think anyone here is a patent lawyer, so I know we're all just sharing our non-expert opinion.
However, even if what you say is true or accurate, then is this a reflection on Apple or our US patent system for allowing such broad claims to be patented?
To make an outlandish point.... If you hold the patent on cylinder objects, with a handle, and closed on one end for the purpose of drinking hot liquid, then you have the right to go after every coffee mug maker. That's how it works.
My point is, ALL manufactures these days are guilty of filing patents that are very general and broad. Of course, they are the weakest to defend too. But I'm assuming there must be something here the courts see in Apple's suit since they have granted them a injunction against Samsung for these claims you point out. They don't do that without cause.
But what the heck do I know? I'm just like the rest of you here... an armchair lawyer.
That's the complaint itself. I was pointing the Design registration document on which that complaint is based. Of course, not being fluent in german, I am simply going by the accounts of other people here.
Maybe you'd like to point out what other claims were made above and beyond the Community Design registration ?
You sir need to read what you just posted.
The doc KnightWRX posted is contained in the link you posted and is the heart of Apple's complaint. See page 23.
This is the heart of Apple's complaint and it's complete BS that Apple was even granted such a generic design patent in the first place.
I will bet real money that the patent gets revoked.
Xoom? Someone actually has one to hold for an extended period of time?
I don't have any fears of breaking anything off with the iPad2. Other than the headset connector, but that's an issue on any headset jack. Nothing unique about the iPad.
Maybe a more accurate thing to describe is that the bevel edge makes it a little awkward to plug in the 30 pin connector? But breaking it? No issue there.
It's me or the iPad on the picture of page 39 doesn't have 4:3 ratio and resembles a lot a 16:10 ratio like the Galaxy Tab?
It's obvious that Apple distorted some of the images in an attempt to help their case.
I've held both tablets in my hand and neither could be confused for the other.
The Galaxy Tab is bigger and the shape is more an elongated rectangle where the iPad is more like a sheet of paper in dimension.
What more do you want from the market?
Samsung Tab 10.1 has a larger screen, better camera, and cool ass operating system.
Motorola Xoom is blazing fast.
Acer has a DUAL screen tablet.
Until Windows 8 releases (supposed ARM support) and we start seeing Windows 8 tablets, then not much is going to change.
Also, on a side note, I bet apple is chasing them down, simply because they have a shiny black bezel. Big whoop. In no way has the Xoom slowed down iPad sales. If people want an android tablet, then that's why they are going to get.
Lets not fret on small cosmetic features. It cost more to sue Motorola then it would if you would let it go and maybe lose 1 - 100 ipad sales.