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IPhone design ripped off Samsung? Not so much

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13 pointsanderzole11 comments

It's all in the timing. But seriously, the days where you can sue, and win, over someone ripping off your "look and feel" are over, aren't they? Apple needs to cut it out.

I'm not sure if you read through all the details but it looks like Apple has a pretty strong case for Samsung ripping off their look and feel. The look and feel points get very specific and there are quite a lot of them.

> the days where you can sue, and win, over someone ripping off your "look and feel" are over, aren't they?

Most definitely not. As proof of that, take a look at all the knock-off luxury purses that are continuously being confiscated by the police as "counterfeit".

That is not a good analogy. The reason knowck-off luxury purses get confiscated is because they are using the luxury brands' marks. The fashion industry is actually the perfect example of not being able to sue for 'look and feel'. There are very few trendsetting concepts or designs in fashion and 99% percent of the products sold are knock offs of some other product. The fact that you can't sue to protect a design is why there is tons of innovation and creativity in fashion.

Those purses actually claim to be the originals, though. No one seriously expects a Samsung Galaxy to be sold as an iPhone.

I disagree with this point. Those knock-offs are representing themselves as the original, using their trademarks. A very different thing.

Debunked:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/19/android_fans_a...

In fact, from the OP's article:

"There's just one small problem. While the photo above might make great fodder for those reflexively inclined to believe that Apple has no case, the fact is that the photo is utterly misleading."

Totally "debunked" by AppleInsider. Yup, open/closed for sure.

Can we get over this? Everyone steals, especially in UI.

Debunked by the OP's article despite the misleading headline.

And regardless of AppleInsider, facts is facts: Samsung's wasn't seen till after Apple's was seen.

I just find it funny when people start nitpicking things like this in the order of weeks or even months. Product development isn't overnight and I just think it's silly to imply that a product announcement on Tuesday that includes features similar to a product announced Monday implies theft or even borrowing when both of said products have likely been in R&D for months or longer.

I see they both use the same fake hand for holding the product during photo shoots.

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