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Speaking of Rectangles with Rounded Corners, What About Soylent Green's Tablet? ~pj | 157 comments | Create New Account
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Speaking of Rectangles with Rounded Corners, What About Soylent Green's Tablet? ~pj
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 02:20 PM EDT
No, of course I don't disagree with
trademark law. GM should not be
able to put a VW badge on its cars.

On the other hand, all small hatchbacks
look very much alike. Toyota should not
be able to sue Nissan for making a hatchback.

Apple is not even claiming that Samsung
makes a tablet that looks too much
like an I-pod (even if there was
a legal theory that makes that wrong).
Apple is claiming that Samsung violates a
very vague design patent that says little
more than thin
rectangle with rounded corners.


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Speaking of Rectangles with Rounded Corners, What About Soylent Green's Tablet? ~pj
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 02:20 PM EDT
I disagree with you on this, The Samsung tablets and phones were and are quite different in shape and size, especially the newer ones with 4.x" screens. If you put the galaxy S II or III next to an iPhone you can't tell me that anyone with an slightly below average (or greater) IQ is going to confuse them, (this applies to the 10.1" tablet and iPad as well). I'm sorry but they are completely different in look and feel. most of the Samsungs are larger than the apples.

Apple copied others to create all of their products, now they want to sue anyone that even comes close to resembling their's. I think this article sums it up the best.

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The Galaxy looks like an Apple replica to you?
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 02:53 PM EDT

Even with the obvious Samsung on the front in nice white letters?

RAS

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  • My mistake - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 04:37 PM EDT
Speaking of Rectangles with Rounded Corners, What About Soylent Green's Tablet? ~pj
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 02:55 PM EDT
Rounded corners are functional. They reduce the possibility
of causing harm to people, plus less likely to chip off if
they fall.

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Speaking of Rectangles with Rounded Corners, What About Soylent Green's Tablet? ~pj
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 09:25 PM EDT

I take it you haven't ever seen the "designer" iPads that various high end shoppes sell.

I'll grant that they are Gold with Mother of Pearl trim, rather than yellow and white.

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You just provided the reasoning to invalidate the patent...
Authored by: Charles888 on Saturday, August 18 2012 @ 01:51 PM EDT
"... and it looks to me like
there is no bezel to speak of, so if
you were to try to use it while
holding it, you'd have to keep
moving your fingers off of what you
were trying to read."

This is functional. This cannot be
part of a valid design patent.

I hope this makes you see the
problem with your argument, and the
issue in this lawsuit.

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