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> covering the rounded corners of its phones, the rim that surrounds the front face, and the grid of icons that users view -- and two utility patents, which pro
by wvenable 8y ago
> covering the rounded corners of its phones, the rim that surrounds the front face, and the grid of icons that users view -- and two utility patents, which protect the way something works and is used.
Does anyone know the details of this? On the face, it seems disgustingly trivial. Rounded corners are patentable, really? But the devil is often in the details.
- 2muchcoffeeman 8y agoThis is a Trade Dress lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/18/8619871/apple-samsung-appeal-patent-trade-dress-2015 https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/18/8619871/apple-samsung-app... It’s not that Samsung has rounded corners and grids of icons. It’s that they had phones that were almost indistinguishable from iPhones.
- monochromatic 8y agoDesign patents are different from utility patents.