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I'm sorry, but I just don't think the iPad design is that innovative. The consumer electronics business is full of similar-looking designs like this. If Apple h

by thurn 15y ago

I'm sorry, but I just don't think the iPad design is that innovative. The consumer electronics business is full of similar-looking designs like this. If Apple had designed the first modern flatscreen TV, they probably would have patented that. I mean, look at these two TVs: LG TV: http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/yEUu64G5sUWGrdYWPYOkfxLG2JG4vBW5k-hjA2MmYbSsK5QM2P9eOeaLtXvfGfA-0bKvXVj8twF_dWXua6ZjZHA-ca-r8bXUHUNMdyqqM1NSnQV2UroB3ym0BJ8RefU http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/yEUu64G5sUWGrdYWPYOk... NEC TV: http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/public/UUeHqPaLSeGY7av_FuyCw3jbqT7Hf8HVHrDr6lvkkSYgA8OvOnzmJcn3_2r6KvmMoUL_R3E7lm8a_7YhsIwSeyrOpSZmjcUAvxFqcmgpu8md_bVQ0jcRVzIqk9ZrE5T9 http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/public/UUeHqPaLSeGY7av_FuyC... Imagine what the world would be like if only one company could produce a TV that looked like that!

sirn 15y ago
The example you give only proves that it's possible to create variety in designs with a single form. Both have the same design features (black borders and screen in the center), however the details in implementation is different. From color black, size of borders to the evenness of borders (judging from your small image alone, NEC's have larger borders on the side). If you considers the part that can't be seen from that image, then there's also location of speaker, back of the TV, raised border or even location of LED indicator, to think of a few. And features a rounded borders or not. Quoting the Expert Declaration (the one that everyone keep saying "Apple patents rounded borders!"): > "[i]n determining whether a design is primarily functional or primarily ornamental the claimed design is viewed in its entirety, for the ultimate question is not the functional or decorative aspect of each separate feature, but the overall appearance of the article, in determining whether the claimed design is dictated by the utilitarian purpose of the article."

by thurn 15y ago

sirn 15y ago

The example you give only proves that it's possible to create variety in designs with a single form. Both have the same design features (black borders and screen in the center), however the details in implementation is different. From color black, size of borders to the evenness of borders (judging from your small image alone, NEC's have larger borders on the side). If you considers the part that can't be seen from that image, then there's also location of speaker, back of the TV, raised border or even location of LED indicator, to think of a few. And features a rounded borders or not. Quoting the Expert Declaration (the one that everyone keep saying "Apple patents rounded borders!"): > "[i]n determining whether a design is primarily functional or primarily ornamental the claimed design is viewed in its entirety, for the ultimate question is not the functional or decorative aspect of each separate feature, but the overall appearance of the article, in determining whether the claimed design is dictated by the utilitarian purpose of the article."