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Swiss Rail accuses Apple of stealing clock design

article published on 22 September, 2012

Apple's latest iOS 6 operating system finally gave iFans a native clock app, and most new users found the app to be "beautiful" or "gorgeous." Fans were not the only ones to notice the style of the new app, however, with the Swiss Federal Railway Service (SBB) now accusing the company of stealing the design. Apple's design is "identical" to their own, which was created in 1944 and ... [ read the full article ]

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Morreale
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22. September 2012 @ 14:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Innovation.

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xtago
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22. September 2012 @ 20:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Don't license the design sue apple for stealing the design.

No doubt they probably have a us patent on the clock design or in the process of getting one.
Mysttic
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22. September 2012 @ 20:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Or if goes to US court, US jury will still rule in Apple's favor despite the obvious theft just to protect their own.
Bozobub
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22. September 2012 @ 21:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
But wait... Apple invented round analog clocks!
Mysttic
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22. September 2012 @ 21:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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But wait... Apple invented round analog clocks!

I stand corrected. Apple also invented Urinals, Trees and of course Juice.
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23. September 2012 @ 08:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Mysttic:
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But wait... Apple invented round analog clocks!

I stand corrected. Apple also invented Urinals, Trees and of course Juice.
You forget all the other things that Big Brother Steve created like, the Locomotive, Automobile, and Airplane...oh, and can't forget...they invented time too, so technically the clock has been infringing on their invention since before Apple was founded.


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pmshah
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2. October 2012 @ 00:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ya'all got it all wrong. Apple will certainly win if sued. The Swiss railway clocks only show Swiss times where as Apple clocks will most probably show local time for the physical location of the phone as is determined by their map software !

How much more innovative can you get? This would be an absolute first!!!
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