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Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell
Can shop owner copy someone elses design of a stunning one of a kind evening gown, put his own label on the inside and say 'it's my own design! the label is different!' ?
Or a watch?
I would call it unfair, even if it's legal. Same thing with phone exteriors past a generic point.
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Apple didn’t invent the iPod, they stole the idea. In fact, in 1978, Apple Corps, the Beatles-founded holding company and owner of their record label, Apple Records, filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The suit was settled in 1981 with an undisclosed amount being paid to Apple Corps. As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business. We all know how this ended.
Apple didn’t invent the tablet computer, they stole the idea.
Apple didn’t invent the smartphone, they stole the idea.
Part of the way innovation works is that you build on the works of others. That doesn't just mean wholesale copying, but trying to take what works and improve on it, or take what doesn't work well and figure out a way to make it work better.
Apple did this many, many times. It seems rather hypocritical to get all bent out of shape because others are doing the same thing.