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| Authored by: eric76 on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 05:29 PM EDT |
Samsung flew very close to direct copies of many distinctive iPhone
UI layouts, sufficient to confuse a consumer. On that, Samsung had a case to
answer.
If the Samsung name is displayed prominently on the
phone, then how would anything think it was an Apple iPhone? [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 06:09 PM EDT |
It seems very unlikely that an intelligent consumer would
mistake any of the Samsung devices for an iPhone, although I
wouldn't put it past the median American to mistake any two
things (a poplar for a weeping willow; a Hyundai for a Honda;
Champagne from Champagne for Napa Valley sparkling wine).
I am beginning to wonder, however, if the patent, copyright
and trade dress trolls like Myhrvold, Oracle and Apple really
matter in the end. They are parasites, but I'm pretty sure
they won't kill all other life forms.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: miltonw on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 07:06 PM EDT |
The 1990 Camry was a very popular car and a very popular design -- at
that time it was unique and distinctive. Shortly, Honda came out with the
same car shape -- from a small distance, you couldn't tell which was
which. Then Nissan, then other car manufacturers -- the same or very
close.
Did Toyota sue Honda and the others? Did Honda try to sue
Toyota? Were the customers confused?
No to all of those questions.
Toyota continued to innovate as did the others. Customers had no trouble and
all was well.
Apple could learn a lot from the car manufacturers.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 07:55 PM EDT |
| The pbones do not look alike. No reasonable person would be confused. Period. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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