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Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

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Re: Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

#21
This is not a disjunctive syllogism.

If Apple could not prove that Samsung copied them, it does not follow that Samsung didn't copy them, just as if California couldn't prove that OJ did it, it doesn't follow that he didn't do it.

This ruling, that Apple has to affirm something equally unproven, is bizarre.

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#23

I don't understand how anyone can root for Samsung given Korean chaebol's long history of blatantly ripping off everything. Any research into the history of Samsung, Daewoo, LG will reveal a long line if copied products. Of course most if these products were only sold within Korea specifically because they knew what try we're doing would never pass muster on the international stage. Samsung is a dirty company. Do a l…

You need to read this article. http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secr...

Isn't there a difference between waiting 30-40 years and using a no longer available product as a design reference for something, and waiting a couple of months and making an extremely similar product that directly competes with the source of your inspiration?

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#24

Wasn't the original ruling basically saying, "It's not a copy of the iPad because it's not as cool"? You know if Apple really does have to put this notice on their website, they'll probably find a way to work that into the announcement.

Jumping straight to the comments right? ^^

Quotation:

> Birss said in his July 9 ruling that Samsung’s tablets were unlikely to be confused with the iPad because they are “not as cool.”

Re: Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

#25

Wasn't the original ruling basically saying, "It's not a copy of the iPad because it's not as cool"? You know if Apple really does have to put this notice on their website, they'll probably find a way to work that into the announcement.

"Samsung wasn't cool enough to copy us." - sounds good to me.

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post #22

Actually, nothing stops Apple from being passive aggressive: http://cl.ly/image/2C132X1u363x

This just shows that "black rectangle with rounded corners" is literally the only design aspect the iPad and Galaxy tab have in common.

On the contrary, the entire presentation is virtually indistinguishable.

http://www.thegalaxytab.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/galax...

Re: Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

#27

I don't understand how anyone can root for Samsung given Korean chaebol's long history of blatantly ripping off everything. Any research into the history of Samsung, Daewoo, LG will reveal a long line if copied products. Of course most if these products were only sold within Korea specifically because they knew what try we're doing would never pass muster on the international stage. Samsung is a dirty company. Do a l…

Apple was not the first to produce a round-cornered rectangle

Re: Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

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Sounds fair, considering. Apple's suit damaged Samsung, so this seems to me like fair payback.

Actually it sounds silly to me. Kind of like forcing a bully to stand up in class and say "Billy is not a poopy-face." The only good thing coming out of this whole patent-a-geddon period is real attention to how broken the system is.

"Kind of like forcing a bully to stand up in class and say "Billy is not a poopy-face.""

The problem with this analogy is that no one serious for a second has ever doubted that Samsung copied the ipad, the court has simply ruled the iPad design is too generic to make it a protected design. That tablets are like refrigerators and car and airplane shapes - fair game for copying.

Re: Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

#29

I don't understand how anyone can root for Samsung given Korean chaebol's long history of blatantly ripping off everything. Any research into the history of Samsung, Daewoo, LG will reveal a long line if copied products. Of course most if these products were only sold within Korea specifically because they knew what try we're doing would never pass muster on the international stage. Samsung is a dirty company. Do a l…

Apple was not the first to produce a round-cornered rectangle

This is a zombie argument that never dies, can we just down vote these into oblivion before this place turns completely into Engadget?

Apple didn't have a patent on round cornered rectangles.

Re: Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad In U.K.

#30

I don't understand how anyone can root for Samsung given Korean chaebol's long history of blatantly ripping off everything. Any research into the history of Samsung, Daewoo, LG will reveal a long line if copied products. Of course most if these products were only sold within Korea specifically because they knew what try we're doing would never pass muster on the international stage. Samsung is a dirty company. Do a l…

Maybe Samsung is a dirty company but in this instance they were in the right. I've used the iPad and the Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy Tab certainly takes its inspiration from the iPad, but come on, so does everyone else! And there's only so many way you can design a rectangular slab of plastic and glass.
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