Apple's Next Lawsuit: Apple v. Nokia

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How the New iPod Nano Copied the Nokia Lumia (Or How the Lumia Copied the iPod Nano)

The next Apple v. Samsung.



Wonder what patent Apple has on this particular shape.

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I kinda wish I went into patent law...

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did you know that stanley kubrick infringed upon apple's patents for the ipad with a movie prop from "2001: a space odyssey" years before apple was ever a company?

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did you know that stanley kubrick infringed upon apple's patents for the ipad with a movie prop from "2001: a space odyssey" years before apple was ever a company?

That's the same argument the Samsung lawyers used in their defense -- did you see how well that worked out for them?

This is pretty funny though.

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That's the same argument the Samsung lawyers used in their defense -- did you see how well that worked out for them?

This is pretty funny though.

star trek also used it decades before apple did. microsoft did it years before as well. suing over a "Rectangle with rounded corners" is like ford suing GM because chevy released a black 2-door coupe.

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star trek also used it decades before apple did. microsoft did it years before as well. suing over a "Rectangle with rounded corners" is like ford suing GM because chevy released a black 2-door coupe.

That's also the same statement Samsung's lawyers and CEO said to try to gain public favor, which you've clearly bought into. This ended up being a big part of why they lost -- it's not all about suing over a "rectangle with rounded corners" - as there are many smartphones that are rectangular with rounded corners that aren't being sued.

If we're being serious in this thread, here's a simple test. Take the Lumia, which is about the size of a deck of cards, and compare it to the new Nano, which is about the size of a stick of gum. If you saw either out in the wild, would you ever really confuse the two? Especially if you were a techno-noob? Probably not.

That wasn't the case with the tradedress issues in the Samsung vs Apple case, and that's a big reason they lost. Even Samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell them apart.

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That's also the same statement Samsung's lawyers and CEO said to try to gain public favor, which you've clearly bought into. This ended up being a big part of why they lost -- it's not all about suing over a "rectangle with rounded corners" - as there are many smartphones that are rectangular with rounded corners that aren't being sued.

If we're being serious in this thread, here's a simple test. Take the Lumia, which is about the size of a deck of cards, and compare it to the new Nano, which is about the size of a stick of gum. If you saw either out in the wild, would you ever really confuse the two? Especially if you were a techno-noob? Probably not.

That wasn't the case with the tradedress issues in the Samsung vs Apple case, and that's a big reason they lost. Even Samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell them apart.

the issue i have is with patenting a design...and not just any design, an obvious one. a rectangle is the logical format for any display. for a portable device, rounded corners are a a de-facto standard (at least since the original gameboy). having a flat, black face is what all touchscreen interfaces look like. yet to apple, these are features which only apple is allowed to use.

and while we're at it, if you're going to throw out that "samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell them apart"--i'll have to assume that's because the images displayed in court were the ones apple doctored to distort the aspect ratio in order to enhance their case. apple has no soul.

[NickS VR4]

That's also the same statement Samsung's lawyers and CEO said to try to gain public favor, which you've clearly bought into. This ended up being a big part of why they lost -- it's not all about suing over a "rectangle with rounded corners" - as there are many smartphones that are rectangular with rounded corners that aren't being sued.

If we're being serious in this thread, here's a simple test. Take the Lumia, which is about the size of a deck of cards, and compare it to the new Nano, which is about the size of a stick of gum. If you saw either out in the wild, would you ever really confuse the two? Especially if you were a techno-noob? Probably not.

That wasn't the case with the tradedress issues in the Samsung vs Apple case, and that's a big reason they lost. Even Samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell them apart.

Understandably so. So a black rectangle is owned by Apple? Guess my GNex is at risk. It is all black on its face.

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that should be post of the year.

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They all look the same to me.

And that's exactly my point (thanks?). This is why Apple was upset with how similar the Galaxy Tabs looked to the iPad.

The back of the Fire looks completely un-Apple like.

Toss a Motorola Droid xyboard in there:



Now who's putting in an at least minimal effort to be different?