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Originally Posted by mgmueller
But one has to admit: Before the introduction of iPhone, we've never seen anything like it.
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As I showed in my earlier posts, in terms of trade dress - which is the basis for this injunction - we
have seen things very, very like it.
Samsung in particular were using the flat rectangle with rounded corners, black bezel, side ports and metallic rim in their electronic devices well over a year before the release of the iPod Touch or iPhone. Samsung's current devices share the look that those earlier devices of theirs had.
The JooJoo matches the Apple document precisely, yet was revealed and released before the iPad.
I agree with you that it will take the courts to unpick the technological patents, and that Apple may well have a good case there, but
this injunction is about the look of the devices and the packaging.
Graham