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Samsung's 'Crisis of Design' Memo Enters Patent Trial as Early Apple Designer Testifies on Confusion
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If Samsung isn't guilty of patent infringement, they're definitely guilty of not going very far out of their way to be different.
Agreed...IMO...it's the UI that is really the big offender.
I mean couldn't you at least design something that is unique like Microsoft did with their METRO interface? You aren't going to confuse that with iOS.
The hardware bar-none obviously looks like the iPhone also...Samsung could have changed that up also...hard edges, maybe move some buttons around.
Overall...Samsung is going to lose this case big time.
I feel more bad that they have to listen to hours and hours upon days of this crap that literally no one outside of the companies themselves and people on places like MacRumors care about.
true, but the icons look too similar including almost exact colors
lots of other android phones where the icons look different enough that you can tell someone put some effort into it.
Because they were trying to copy, but they don't anymore. Just look at TouchWiz 4.0!
Ta da! Didn't take long:
Riiight.
Yes, of course Sam, and the only way to represent music is with a pair of blue or purple eighth notes overlaid on the image of a CD.
Smell the desperation.
Funny thing: it doesn't matter whether Samsung copied Apple intentionally or not.
Patents protect against competitors "accidentally" copying intellectual property as well as intentionally copying.
And ignorance of a patent on a design isn't a defense. We'll see if Samsung tries that sleazy angle shot.
You sparked my interest and I looked it up:
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Um, I think you need to turn your computer display on. You obviously can't see what you're posting.
Here.
The iPhone
the Nokia
the samsung
Now if people here cant see the obvious then they need to see an eye doctor.
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Robert Frost
What part of Apple's registered trademark don't you understand. Their design is specific. Samsung's looks similar - yes - but it's not identical. Something which is key for a trademark violation. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it illegal or an infringement.
Are you telling me the green phone on an angle is new to you? My first dumb phone in 2002 had the same symbol. In green. CRAZY!
Contacts doesn't use the same colors?
Ok. But but that's not necessarily an infringement. Potentially lazy or not unique, sure. But none of those icons are actually copies.
Ta da! Didn't take long:
Yes, of course Sam, and the only way to represent music is with a pair of blue or purple eighth notes overlaid on the image of a CD.
Smell the desperation.
Probably lots of ways. But some are certainly better than others. No desperation. You keep insisting there is doesn't make it true.
I don't understand how a former APPLE designer Susan Kare could be used as an expert supposedly neutral witness. Even so, if she picked up a Samsung phone and thought it wa an iPhone she's anything BUT an expert. Jeez.
In case case, if Apple wins this ridiculous lawsuit I will never buy an Apple product again. I really mean that.
In case case, if Apple wins this ridiculous lawsuit I will never buy an Apple product again. I really mean that.
Who gets to determine what constitutes a "fair share"? Why should Samsung be able to generate any earnings by copying someone else's work? Is that their "fair share"?
Either me or you need to visit opticians
I just can't see what Apple toke from here......
If you mean the phone (call) icon, to me it just looks nithing like Apple's.
I guess if the courts rule in Samsung's favor then they will be entitled to their fair share. Right?
As Steve Jobs mentioned before it was not just about the money, he had plenty of that. He just wanted Samsung to stop copying his ideas.
Samsung really needs you on its legal team.
About as much as Apple needs you on theirs
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No. I don't believe he said that about Samsung. I believe he said that about Google and Android. Let's not misquote?
An "expert witness" is not a "neutral witness."
I'm sure they'll miss you.
Crisis. Ha !
So samsung decided to simply mimic the iPhone icons too.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...legedly_show_samsung_copied_iphone_icons.html
That says it all. If not illegal, it's certainly suspect.