Swiss Railway: Apple's Using Its Clock Design Without Permission 274
An anonymous reader writes "Apple received a lot of criticism during the Apple/Samsung litigation this past Summer as folks deemed it absurd that Apple was able to patent things such as icon design and the overall form factor of a smartphone. Well as it turns out, it appears that Apple has engaged in some copying of its own in the form of the new clock icon design used in iOS 6 on the iPad- a rather ironic turn of events given that Apple railed against Samsung for copying its own iOS icons. Specifically, the clock icon in iOS 6 on the iPad is a blatant copy of a Hans Hilfiker design to which both the trademark and copyright is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways service."
Classic blunder (Score:5, Funny)
In Recent News (Score:5, Funny)
Apple today announced that they have been granted a patent for using other peoples' designs. iCopy will be featured in all of their future products.
Re:Great artists steal. (Score:3, Funny)
The design is already trademarked by the SBB. Did you not read the article? Oh yeah, this is Slashdot.
Re:No no no (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't a train a mobile device.
Re:My prediction of the oucome (Score:5, Funny)
What kind of education has Apple given you?
Steve Jobs is God. Apple is His sacred realm. Once he realized His job was finished, He departed this world, leaving his trusted prophet Tim Cook in charge of spreading His faith to all non-believers, by whatever means necessary.
He did leave us, mere mortals, with the best advice we have ever received:
It is never a fault of the iDevice in question, it is a shortcoming of its user, who does not know how to operate it correctly.
In its original Jobsian dialect: "You're holding it wrong. Sent from my iPhone."
Re:Great artists steal. (Score:5, Funny)
So until Apple does redesign the clock, a world wide ban on shipments is in order, right?
WWAD?
(What Would Apple Do?)
Re:Mine --- (Score:5, Funny)
Wow. Good thing we reined in the Robber Barons. Think how bad it would get if corporations had the same rights as people, or were allowed to make unlimited political donations! Oh, wait...
Re:so i can't make a clock with no numbers? (Score:4, Funny)
I think that's Peyton's other brother.
Re:Great artists steal. (Score:5, Funny)
Great artists steal. Really bad artists steal while simultaneously suing other artists for stealing.