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German courts don't have the best reputation when it comes to technical subject matter.

• xxs 4y ago
  >German courts compared to what? in the case of the "round corners", the Germans ruled in favor of not-infringing, while the US ones awarded Apple $1B+...
  • imglorp 4y ago
    American courts are an extremely low bar for comparison.
    • danrocks 4y ago
      This is complete nonsense without any data to back it up.
  • nimbius 4y ago
    how about the case of Christoph Hellwig vs VMware for stealing vmklinux under the GPL. german courts basically dismissed him twice for not being procedural, which gave VMWare ample time to dodge a GPL bullet and remove the code from their kernel without admitting any fault or wrongdoing. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/apr/02/vmware-no-appeal/ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/apr/02/vmware-no-appeal/
  • adolph 4y ago
    That was a design patent not a case of technical implementation. In the United States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of a functional item. Design patents are a type of industrial design right. Ornamental designs of jewelry, furniture, beverage containers (Fig. 1) and computer icons are examples of objects that are covered by design patents. [...] A US design patent covers the ornamental design for an object having practical utility. An object with a design that is substantially similar to the design claimed in a design patent cannot be made, used, copied or imported into the United States without the permission of the patent holder. The copy does not have to be exact for the patent to be infringed. It only has to be substantially similar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent
• arlcode 4y ago
  There were already several cases (over the last couple of decades) in Germany where the GPL was part of the proceedings. They understood the license just fine back then