Thread: Apple v Samsung: Can Look and Feel Be Patented?
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Old 08-03-2012, 08:21 AM   #26
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by 5thWiggle View Post
Several custom guitar makers I know got cease and desist letters from Fender for making Stratocaster look-a-likes.
Hard to argue with the merits of *that* case as the shape is their signature.
But then, that was the case for the Classic "PRINCESS" Phone.


It is worth remembering that, while soap bar phones are all over the place now, before iPhone the dominant models in the US were flip phones (ala Razer) and candy bars.

As an engineer I can totally see the case for an unusually clever/distinctive design getting a patent. Or a trend-setting premium product. Just not sure that "elegant minimalism" however tasteful fits the bill. Which is why they're in court.
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