Well said. I'm a big fan of Dick Wall, but I think he's way too harsh on Apple. No one looking at the iOS notification feature would mistakenly think they were looking at a Samsung product. The same cannot be said about Samsung's copying. There was evidence that consumers returned Samsung tablets because they mistakenly thought they had bought an iPad.
On Monday, September 3, 2012 1:19:54 PM UTC-4, phil swenson wrote: > > First, let me say I think software patents should be abolished or at the > very least the patent terms should be much shorter given the fast moving > nature of the software business. > > Dick mentioned that Apple copied Xerox Parc and seemed to indicate it was > the same thing as Samsung copying Apple. I just saw this link the other > day on the subject: > http://obamapacman.com/2010/03/myth-copyright-theft-apple-stole-gui-from-xerox-parc-alto/ > > Basically, Apple got permission from Xerox to use the technology and Xerox > was compensated. > > IMO Samsung was plain stupid. I don't feel bad for them as given the > current laws, they asked for this - they copied so much that that they made > it easy for the jury. I don't know how much of the copying images made > it's way to the trial, but they have copied everything from the iPhone 3GS > metal bezel to the iPhone's tiny block power supply to the box the phone > comes in. > > Search google images for "samsung copying apple" and you can see: > > http://www.phonedog.com/2012/08/12/do-you-think-samsung-copied-apple/ > > http://obamapacman.com/2011/09/samsung-samsung-galaxy-s-2-charger-copied-iphone/ > > http://cdn.mactrast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Samsung-Apple-Cable-Copy.jpg > > http://whatblag.com/2011/04/18/apple-suing-samsung-did-the-nexus-s-copy-the-iphone/ > http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/06/apple-samsung-patent-lawsuit-icons/ > > It's pretty pathetic. > > BTW: Dick did make a good point on Apple copying the Android > Notifications. I don't know if it's illegal though (is that patented?) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/BEPLUVZPGRoJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
