Oh, and one more thing - why are we dredging up pictures of foil-coated
clipboards from SF movies when there are real examples like the GRiDPad? (it
was even made by Samsung, according to Wikipedia):
(computinghist
ory.org.uk - pictures!)
(Wikipedia)
Answer:
because this argument isn't about whether there were
real or imaginary
tablet-like devices long before the iPad: everybody knows
that there were. It's
about whether Samsung copied enough of a "critical
mass" of the iPad's
distinctive features to violate their patents. Unfortunately
for Apple, their
most distinctive feature is
"minimalism" which is a bit hard to define on a
patent, so I wouldn't be
surprised if they loose (perhaps that's why
other
manufacturers ruin their designs by heaping on the
bling).
OK, I know that this doesn't have (very) rounded corners, but if Apple vs.
Samsung comes down to "rounded corners: Y/N" then I can't see Apple
prevailing. The whole rounded corners thing is cherry-picking.
It's like
someone made a website called "Groklore" that closely copied
Groklaw - and then
tried to defend themselves by saying "look, this other
website has a magnifying
glass, that one is green, this one has leaves, and
"grok" comes from a 60s SF
book..." [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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