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| Chinese phone makers patents iPhone 5 design from leaks |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-09-07 15:46:45 |
| "Android fans, especially those of you who love your Samsung devices, might have something to cheer about today as it looks like Chinese phone maker GooPhone have already patented the design of the new iPhone 5 before Apple have had chance!" This is just... Wow. |
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| RE[2]: Wow |
| By Windows Sucks on 2012-09-07 18:55:27 |
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> Well, its not unsubstantiated as there are multiple sources, some of which are Chinese. Further more, you can read the article and see the actual phone the patents are based on. As for what could happen? Delays, bad press, possibly injunctions. Isn't that enough to warrant some attention? Having a story in the news does not substantiate it. Example Bruce Willis suing over his iTunes music rights. It's was all over the world news, mostly in the US, totally wrong. The story says the company says it got a patent? Even in China how do you get a patent in a few weeks when in most places it takes some time of patent pending before you get a patent. On top of that do we even know that you can get design patents in China? Lol. So the patent application or patent award would at minimum substantiate it not just a companies word. |
 - Score: 4 |
| RE: Wow |
| By WereCatf on 2012-09-07 19:02:22 |
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> You guys are so desperate for Apple bashing stories that you are posting stuff like this? Apple is one of the largest, most-influential IT-companies of the decade, why shouldn't OSNews post articles about it? Please, do tell us. > Unsubstantiated Looking at the news it does seem very much substantiated. Edited 2012-09-07 19:03 UTC |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE[3]: Wow |
| By TechGeek on 2012-09-07 19:28:15 |
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Well, you are free to argue that fact. Just like OS News is free to run the story. Even if it doesn't support the rainbows and unicorns view of Apple that you would like, it is still news worthy. And the article does link to its source, which includes a Chinese company publicly saying that they patented the design of their knock off. This is no different than Apple claiming Samsung copied its iPhone. And no one suggested that OS News not cover that article, not even you. Edited 2012-09-07 19:29 UTC |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE[2]: Wow |
| By jared_wilkes on 2012-09-07 20:12:44 |
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"The most intriguing part of the GooPhone i5′s design is the fact that GooPhone claim they have patented it in China, which could effectively block Apple from selling their next generation iPhone in the Chinese market, and may even mean GooPhone have the right to block iPhone 5 exports completely!" That equals very much substantiated? Really? Claim... could... may even... Yes, those are the words of definitive journalistic confirmation. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[2]: Wow |
| By Windows Sucks on 2012-09-07 20:31:52 |
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> > You guys are so desperate for Apple bashing stories that you are posting stuff like this? Apple is one of the largest, most-influential IT-companies of the decade, why shouldn't OSNews post articles about it? Please, do tell us. > Unsubstantiated Looking at the news it does seem very much substantiated. ? Looking at the news is just repeating the companies statement. And my point is that every Apple post is negative. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Bring it on! |
| By darknexus on 2012-09-07 20:33:25 |
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> About time the Patent troll of the century got what was coming. Suckers! Apple is certainly doing some crappy things with patents, but I'm really getting sick of the term patent troll being misused. Apple is not a patent troll, which is a company that acquires large patent portfolios and then does absolutely nothing with them until they can bring in a large chunk of cash by suing other companies that actually create products. Acasia technologies, for example, is a textbook patent troll and I believe they've come up on here at least once. Let me be clear: I do not like patents at all. I hate them, and I absolutely despise what Apple is currently doing with them, but you cannot call them a patent troll. They actually bring products to market which use the patents they have. A patent tyrant perhaps, but not a troll. |
| - Score: 6 |
| RE[4]: Wow |
| By Windows Sucks on 2012-09-07 20:35:34 |
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> This is no different than Apple claiming Samsung copied its iPhone. And no one suggested that OS News not cover that article, not even you. Ummmm, difference is Apple has patents they applied for, received legally and are valid till a court or the patent office says otherwise, that Apple is saying that Samsung violated. You can go look them up. Lets see if you can find a patent application or number for this "patent" |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: Bring it on! |
| By NiteRain on 2012-09-07 21:39:27 |
| Well in some cases a patent tyrant is fitting. What would you call Steve Jobs who goes to a R&D company and sees what they are working on, and sees the future of graphical interfaces, and the mouse, and then run over and make his own graphical interface right after. And patent most of the basic concepts? What would you call that person? |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[3]: Wow |
| By WereCatf on 2012-09-07 22:14:02 |
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> And my point is that every Apple post is negative. Post some positive articles then? I don't see the problem. |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE[4]: Wow |
| By Windows Sucks on 2012-09-07 22:33:23 |
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> > And my point is that every Apple post is negative. Post some positive articles then? I don't see the problem. Good idea, didn't know I could. |
| - Score: 3 |
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