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There was no patent about rounded rectangles. Please stop spreading fake news; News are sensationalized by journalists to the point the reader has an impression
by eastbound 3y ago
There was no patent about rounded rectangles. Please stop spreading fake news; News are sensationalized by journalists to the point the reader has an impression they said something that journalists didn’t; Do not repeat them.
It’s just that Samsung was the Concordski of the Concorde, it was copying Apple’s designs to the letter, from the unboxing experience to the charger even to the home button. It was an obvious copyright infringement.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/apples-case-that-samsung-copied-the-iphone-and-ipad-in-pictures/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/apples-case-that...
- bigfudge 3y agoI think you are right in substance, but from memory the radius of the corners of the copy phones did form part of the court case.
- troupo 3y agoYes. It formed a part of the case. The rounded corners part was a part of the whole design package discussed.
- nottorp 3y agoI didn't follow the lawsuit but i remember seeing a large cardboard model of a samsung phone in a store back then; it wasn't similar to whatever Apple was peddling at the time, it was identical. At least from like 5 m. So they may have had a point in suing.