Apple vs Samsung, court orders Samsung to show Apple 5 new phones

there has to be more to it then. perhaps it was enough that samsung released their design, then apple released theirs, then samsung changed their design to something a lot more similar to apples design, which although basic and easy to copy, was only copied after apple chose it.

with that said does the galaxy tab not also look like the ipad1?
 
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does 1 plasma tv look similar to another? does an LCD tv look similar to another?

do cars have 4 tires, a windshield etc etc etc? some things are just common sense and to patent them or whatever is retarded
 
Mammalian said:
there has to be more to it then. perhaps it was enough that samsung released their design, then apple released theirs, then samsung changed their design to something a lot more similar to apples design, which although basic and easy to copy, was only copied after apple chose it.

with that said does the galaxy tab not also look like the ipad1?
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It doesn't have to. They have a design "patent" on the pictures I gave before. As you can see, even those designs don't look like the iPad. However such general pictures apply to all current tablet except for the Sony tablet.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Apple still have the multi touch patent they were awarded in June to play with. There was talk back then of them conceivably killing the smart phone market with that patent should they wish to.
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Ok I'm no expert on stuff like this but does this mean that only apple devices will be available with multitouch?

Or does it mean a manufacturer has to pay apple if they want to sell a device with wit multitouch?
 
I totally agree with CAT-THE-FIFTH, our patent system is utterly broken, and that of the US even more so. It's true the original SGS had a slight similarity with the iPhone (horizontal vent where the speaker is, big central button), but with the tablets it's ridiculous: Apple are basically claiming they own the rectangle!
 
HypnoToad said:
Ok I'm no expert on stuff like this but does this mean that only apple devices will be available with multitouch?

Or does it mean a manufacturer has to pay apple if they want to sell a device with wit multitouch?
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By law Apple can choose to license the patent to who they want. Will find the article tomorrow but it appeared to suggest any attempt to use the patent to block competitors producing mutitouch devices would likely be deemed anti-competitive and the patent would be dismissed. Makes a bit of a mockery of patents if that's the case.
 
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That's almost funny... Except totally wrong... ;)

It should read... 5 years before iPad for those first tablets, then before iPad and shown these...

Hopefully it gets thrown out of court and the patent gets wiped. If that is the case then Apple will have to pay damages for lost sales to Samsung.

So this is what they are trying to suggest is "theirs"
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And how about other manufacturers that have used that exact shape before...?

Now aside from this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...tablet-looks-just-like-iPad-17-YEARS-OLD.html

Real devices I can think of that look like that before Apple displayed their tablet would include the Hanvon touchpad, displayed a few months before Apple even said they were releasing a tablet...

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/hanvons-multitouch-tablet-previewed-surfaces-in-china-march-25/
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Any other (legitimate) suggestions for tablets that "look like" iPads that were released beforehand?

EDIT: And then of course we have the MSI tablet http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/msi-shows-off-10-inch-android-tablet-running-new-tegra-chipset/
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And the Lenovo Lepad http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/lenovo-ideapad-u1-hybrid-hands-on-and-impressions/
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And one by IDC http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/icds-tegra-tablet-officially-dubbed-the-vega-headed-to-t-mobil/
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And another http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/aluratek-tempts-with-8-9-inch-720p-cinepal-pmp/
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And another... http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/paradigm-shift-joins-the-tablet-crowd-with-android-based-emt-10a/
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Then obviously we have the HP slate http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/the-hp-slate/
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Anyone getting the picture here...?

Yep, all displayed (most as working devices and some with Android) in January 2010, several weeks before the Apple launch of their iPad "first"...;)

EDIT 2: Looking at those pictures together it just shows how unoriginal everyone has been in the design of their tablets... All produced and shown for the first time yet they all come up with the same design...
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As I already pointed out on the third page... It was the tech and our current design tastes that dictated the look of all these tablets not them copying iPads.
 
Guys, i worked for both Samsung and Apple and i'm one of the few people who actually knows what happened here. This is EXACTLY how it went...


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True story.
 
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