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Recent Samsung Patent Filing Includes Images of Apple Watch

LCPepper said:
I have been laughing at this for the last 5 minutes.

Was it intentional that you used the R in the sense that some non-Asian people use it to imitate the Asian accents?
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Actually I struggled wih that. I thought someone may call me out for being racist or offensive, I couldn't think of another first name that rhymed with Jonny, although I guess I could have used Donnie but it wasn't as funny. I nearly didn't post the reply for fear of offending, I genuinely hope people found it funny and didn't get upset by it as I know exactly what you mean, I could hear myself saying it like you said.

Just a bit of harmless fun, when I read the comment it just popped into my head, I couldn't resist a reply.
 
selfsilent said:
You clearly don't read previous posts or understand what is going on then.

It's normal to include other variants of the patent area as full disclosure helps the person who approves the patent.
Samsung aren't attempting to get a patent on the way that Apple have done it.
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Is it normal not to label them as anything (like prior art or something like that) and simply include them in the middle of other diagrams and sketches that are your own (and/or from other sources as well, again, without any labelling)?
 
If that is "innovation" worth patenting, then it's pretty clear the patent reform of 2011 that Obama signed is as laughable as it gets.
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ConnYoungy said:
It's hilarious that a patent is designed to protect originality and they go and do this...
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The word "trolling" sums it up. What other word applies? There is no way that patent should be approved.
 
Feenician said:
This isn't working. No-one said there weren't smart watches before. The patent application from Samsung has images IDENTICAL to the Apple watch and the Apple Watch marketing materials. There is no excuse or justification for that.

PS: The Apple watch is not a circle
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Sure, this is Samsung giving a big middle finger to Apple and Apple fanbois.

But seriously though, you guys do realize that it's a watch band "method" patent, not a "design" patent?
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thermodynamic said:
If that is "innovation" worth patenting, then it's pretty clear the patent reform of 2011 that Obama signed is as laughable as it gets.
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The word "trolling" sums it up. What other word applies? There is no way that patent should be approved.
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I'm guessing that you must be familiar with 2011 Leahy–Smith America Invents Act and in what ways, Samsung's new "method" patent is in violation of the law.
 
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tooltalk said:
Sure, this is Samsung giving a big middle finger to Apple and Apple fanbois.
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Yeah, sure, notorious copyists, Samsung, where just endangering their own patent for giggles by using uncredited pictures of a rival device :rolleyes:

tooltalk said:
fanbois.
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The irony is palpable

Your agenda is clear but you're really not helping their case with the denial. Better just to suck it up, admit Samsung activated the photocopiers yet again and move on.
 
checker2010 said:
LOL. Now Samsung are trying to patent Apple products after Apple create them. I guess its a novel business strategy.
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That strategy, patent it after it's already invented, worked out well for Rhombus. Rhombus who, you may ask? Exactly. Look it up.
 
admob71 said:
You mean like the several Android handsets that have already done this that Apple are copying!! Can they do nothing original anymore!!
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Care to explain then why Samsung would mock Apple about rumours of removing the headphone jack from whatever the new iPhones would be called?

I don't really care about either of the two companies or what they do.. but what is blatant copying is blatant copying.
 
Playa!! said:
Care to explain then why Samsung would mock Apple about rumours of removing the headphone jack from whatever the new iPhones would be called?

I don't really care about either of the two companies or what they do.. but what is blatant copying is blatant copying.
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That second paragraph really contradicts the first paragraph sir..

And you admit Apple are blatantly copying the existing droid devices who have no headphone jack's then..?
 
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admob71 said:
That second paragraph really contradicts the first paragraph sir..

And you admit Apple are blatantly copying the existing droid devices who have no headphone jack's then..?
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Sir, i have never said apple do not copy. Its the nature of business. What apple is good at is taking an existing idea and making it work for themselves. However removing a headphone jack cant be compared to filing a patent with apple watch images (whatever the reason), thats is what i call blatant copying.

I am not here to debate about innovation or lack there off.
 
Playa!! said:
Sir, i have never said apple do not copy. Its the nature of business. What apple is good at is taking an existing idea and making it work for themselves. However removing a headphone jack cant be compared to filing a patent with apple watch images (whatever the reason), thats is what i call blatant copying.

I am not here to debate about innovation or lack there off.
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I'm sure it has been mentioned many times, but a) this patent isn't about design, but function, and b ) they reference the images as prior art. So copying doesn't come into the equation.
Have a nice day.
 
C DM said:
Most of those don't really sound like dessert foods.
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Would you call KitKat a dessert? At least PipSeg is going down the health route. I never touched Android, but if it would be called Quinoa my resistance would fade. Food snob dilemma!!!
 
BSben said:
Would you call KitKat a dessert? At least PipSeg is going down the health route. I never touched Android, but if it would be called Quinoa my resistance would fade. Food snob dilemma!!!
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KitKat? Sure...it's a sweet chocolate covered bar.
 
BSben said:
Where I live that doesn't make it a dessert. If my parents would have served chocolate bars as dessert I would have moved on to foster parents.
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I mean it's a dessert type of food (it's certainly not an appetizer, or main dish, or side dish, or something like that)--it's something that is in the category of "sweets"/"desserts", which is basically what's used for Android naming (so far).

https://www.androidpit.com/the-story-behind-androids-sweet-naming-convention
 
BSben said:
Where I live that doesn't make it a dessert. If my parents would have served chocolate bars as dessert I would have moved on to foster parents.
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Wow. Most kids are not so haughty as to threaten to run away instead of eating a chocolate bar.

In any case, people use "dessert" as shortcut word for what the names are about, which is any kind of tasty treat or confectionery.
 
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admob71 said:
I'm sure it has been mentioned many times, but a) this patent isn't about design, but function, and b ) they reference the images as prior art. So copying doesn't come into the equation.
Have a nice day.
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Ah, so I guess, we will wait till Samsung's new smart watch to verify how they plan on using those designs. History isn't on Samsung's side.

You have a great 2016
 
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