OT: Trade Dress Protection and Patent Law : Apple Vs Samsung
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 5:05 pm
http://www.leasonellis.com/wp-content/u ... Shapes.pdf
So basically they're saying that if your phone has round edges, a flat screen, rectangular and has icons, you're somehow violating a patent? Aren't LCD's flat? Haven't icons been around forever? Isn't the Amazon Kindle round on four corners? I thought patents could only patent their implementation of their design but it includes basic things that are already sold which are patented by other companies. They are basically claiming ownership of other works? So if I buy an off the shelf LCD that is square and flat, put it into a rectangular case, put icons on the screen then I'm violating a patent? That is like patenting electricity going into a device and saying no one else can use electricity. Isn't this anti-competition? And somehow it is deceptive to have a rectangular device that you will be fooled and think it is an Apple product or knockoff?
So basically they're saying that if your phone has round edges, a flat screen, rectangular and has icons, you're somehow violating a patent? Aren't LCD's flat? Haven't icons been around forever? Isn't the Amazon Kindle round on four corners? I thought patents could only patent their implementation of their design but it includes basic things that are already sold which are patented by other companies. They are basically claiming ownership of other works? So if I buy an off the shelf LCD that is square and flat, put it into a rectangular case, put icons on the screen then I'm violating a patent? That is like patenting electricity going into a device and saying no one else can use electricity. Isn't this anti-competition? And somehow it is deceptive to have a rectangular device that you will be fooled and think it is an Apple product or knockoff?
