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> Samsung deliberately and shamelessly copied Apple's products Maybe I'm missing something here, but if Samsung really copied from Apple, I'd have expected a l

• jonhohle 14y ago
  It included trade dress[0] claims. > Trade dress protection is intended to protect consumers from > packaging or appearance of products that are designed to > imitate other products; to prevent a consumer from buying > one product under the belief that it is another. In some cases Samsung's lawyers's couldn't tell Samsung devices apart from Apple's devices[1]. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress [1] http://variado.net/mobil/?p=27157
  • pfedor 14y ago
    At a ten feet distance. Do you seriously believe that anyone actually bought a Galaxy Tab by mistake, thinking it was an iPad?
• mythz 14y ago
  When Samsung copies how Apple does something (that they've patented), it's a Patent infringement - which has the potential for more damages, so is generally preferred. Copyright would apply if they had stolen or copied source code or original artwork and were using it verbatim.