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> Apple doesn’t have the patent on this. But they do: D558,757 and D670,286. Don't people remember Apple v. Samsung case? https://patents.google.com/patent/US
by hbrn 4y ago
> Apple doesn’t have the patent on this.
But they do: D558,757 and D670,286. Don't people remember Apple v. Samsung case?
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD558757S1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/USD558757S1/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD670286S1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/USD670286S1/en
- robertoandred 4y agoYour links explicitly refer to the complete designs of entire devices, not a kind of curve.
- dagmx 4y agoAfaik those patents don’t describe continuous curvature, but just general curved bodies. Apple’s use of continuous curvature in iPhones came around iOS 7 iirc. I might be mistaken but I think they’re subtly but consequentially different subjects.