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As far as I know, design can't be patented. It can only be a matter of authorship and thus copyright. Apparently there seemed to be some confusion about this in
by chmike 14y ago
As far as I know, design can't be patented. It can only be a matter of authorship and thus copyright. Apparently there seemed to be some confusion about this in the Apple vs Samsung case. Maybe it is only the media that is making such type of confusions.
The problem with China is that its legal system is told to have a strong bias in favor of Chinese companies/people.
I expect such situations might incline countries to retaliate in the same way and on similar basis instead of fixing the patent system.
- jkn 14y agoThere is a category of patents called "design patents". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent In Apple v. Samsung, Samsung was found to infringe some of these, see e.g. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/ban-this-apple-lists-8-samsung-devices-it-wants-kept-out-of-the-us/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/ban-this-apple-lists-8-...
- netcan 14y agoIn most countries there is some bias. The legal system might be unbiased, but the legislative system is not.