Summer last year, the Dutch courts ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 did not infringe on Apple's community designs, and as such, would not be banned from The Netherlands. This was a "quick case", and as such, Apple had the right to appeal and turn this into a "full case". Apple did, but I now think they really wish they hadn't - the Court of Appeal in The Hague has pretty much ripped Apple a new one [Dutch], and upheld the District Court's ruling.
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Major win for Apple, totally worth all the bad publicity.
Not to mention, the reversal of these decisions sets stronger precedent for the future, and has added some transparency to Apple's competitive practices - so Apple has burned a few cards to play with next time.
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It has quite literally nothing to do with how superior or inferior GTab 10 is. This is a good outcome for everyone, in some sense even for Apple. Because it shows that simplicity can hardly be argued to be as originality.
There is always EU Court of Justice, that oversees these matters. But EU Court of Justice is a much harder institution to crack...
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So Apple's strategy has worked. It has kept the GT out of many markets for a long time... And in doing so, sent a message to other tab makers that they should make sure their designs are not too close to Apples.
So in the long run, Apple wins anyways.
So I guess Apple's apologists have dropped the "Apple isn't anti-competitive" claim & have switched to bragging about the effectiveness of Apple's anti-competitive tactics (also known as a "Pyrrhic victory").
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I don't think that was the intent of his post. The point is that with quad core Android tablets like the Asus Transformer Prime either on shelves now or coming out soon, there really isn't a reason to consider a Tab 10.1 anymore, unless you're a fan of the Touchwiz bloatware. I think even Samsung has a successor to that product coming out in the near future.
The only advantage that the Tab had over other Android tablets was its thinness, but that is an advantage it no longer has. So while the Tab no longer being banned might be a moral victory in the 'patents are broken' crusade, it has very little relevance anymore in the tablet landscape, unless you can find one on clearance. Even still, I'd recommend going with the original Asus Transformer. It might be heavier, but it runs smoother and is much faster with updates. Plus, it has that keyboard attachment
Edited 2012-01-24 23:51 UTC
RE[2]: Galaxy Tab is obsolete
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Just Wiki'd Knight Ridder.
Wonder what this media company could have achieved if the internet was ready for it in 1994. The company itself was very innovative.
"It was the first newspaper publisher to experiment with videotex when it launched its Viewtron system in 1982"
And that tablet.
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It is correct that you use the word 'innovative'. According to the definition, innovation is about bringing better or more effective products, services, technologies, etc. This in contrast to invention, which is about the development of novel products.
So, in a sense, this is exactly what the expected outcome should've been. Apple (and many others including Samsung) released _innovative_ products built on inventions (and innovations) of others, which means there will always be predecessors with a high degree of similarity to the released products, and thus a high likelihood of prior art. The uniqueness of the original invention defeats or at least severely downplays the uniqueness of those innovations.
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Looks like a data display for a highway truck scale. Apparently "design patents" in the States are called "industrial designs" in Canada.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/id/mngMg.do?fllAppNm=89155&lang=e...
Enjoy.
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