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Apple Watch design wins patent on look and feel
C-Net News ^ | May 5, 2015 11:46 AM PDT | by Don Reisinger 2015

Posted on 05/05/2015 10:19:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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1 posted on 05/05/2015 10:19:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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It looks like a generic watch from that pic


2 posted on 05/05/2015 10:25:16 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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Apple granted design patent for the Apple Watch design. Note, this is not a UTILITY patent, which they also have for the case, watch bands, and the internal electronics, force touch screen, and crown control wheel inventions. A "design patent" is a specific patent for trade dress of the unique look and appearance of a consumer product or work and is similar to a TradeMark. It is this type of patent that gave rise to the specious claim that Apple had patented rounded corners and rectangles, which was part of the written physical description of the original iPhone, which is required by law. — PING!


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3 posted on 05/05/2015 10:26:12 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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wtf?!

it's a casio watch. seriously

square face. plastic strap. fairly useless gizmos.

i guess 0bama is the 2nd coming of carter. now we're moving into the 80s

4 posted on 05/05/2015 10:35:27 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Swordmaker
Have no watch, will not travel, will not buy anything Apple, too bad. I will however give give $100 this quarter in spite of apple. Too bad and it's so sad..........
5 posted on 05/05/2015 10:35:34 PM PDT by Fungi (Job 26:7 : He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.)
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This is just stupid. It's like trying to patent the red bottoms of Christian Louboutin shoes.

This is the sort of thing that keeps me from being an Apple Fanboy.... it's just too stupid to join in with.

6 posted on 05/05/2015 10:36:46 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: GeronL
Those radical innovators at Apple have done it again!

http://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Wristwatch-Square-Digital-Watch/dp/B007VLJJOO

7 posted on 05/05/2015 10:37:00 PM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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Hi Swordmaker.

Do you know anything about that rumored "hidden" and "undocumented" connector that lives where the wrist band connects to the body? The one that some band company claims they can charge the watch through?

Is that connector mentioned in the patent application?

8 posted on 05/05/2015 10:39:13 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: Bobalu
> ...the red bottoms of Christian Louboutin shoes...

What, that red isn't patented? My God, man, it -should- be. That's RED.

OTOH, it's a very good thing you mentioned what that picture is of. I stared at it for half a minute thinking it was a bizarre USB Flash drive, or possibly a tequila bottle from Hell, before I read your sentence.

9 posted on 05/05/2015 10:43:59 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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They are going to develop a band that charges the watch off the body’s voltage and/or micro kinetic motions.


10 posted on 05/05/2015 10:46:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: FredZarguna

I am going to copyright the letter T!


11 posted on 05/05/2015 10:51:25 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Then they will patent the color and shape. lol


12 posted on 05/05/2015 10:52:30 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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Too late: The Letters A-Z®, NUMBERS 0-9® [and all combinations including decimals], plus the Greek Letters α through ω® are registered trademarks of Frederick Jasper Zarguna. All rights reserved.
13 posted on 05/05/2015 10:55:00 PM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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To: FredZarguna

lol


14 posted on 05/05/2015 10:55:45 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: GeronL

Well they could patent the band charging system.

Of course my guess is only a guess. It might even be later on for a iphone-free capability to make phone calls without the iphone. Dunno.


15 posted on 05/05/2015 10:57:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: GeronL
And human sweat.

Human sweat and all fine motor motions of the human body, including but not limited to translations, rotations, stretches, tics, spasms and all other movements voluntary and involuntary patent applied for by Apple Inc.

Sit very still or talk to our lawyers.

16 posted on 05/05/2015 10:58:08 PM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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To: FredZarguna

rofl


17 posted on 05/05/2015 10:59:01 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: Secret Agent Man

If it could make phone calls without an Iphone in your pocket, it might have a point - a reason for living!


18 posted on 05/05/2015 10:59:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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Well right now it’s smart for them not to have it that way.

They have to establish a large watch user base first. To get people used to it and then to push for it to be a standalone device.

They need a better battery life ability and that’s why I think that port is for being body powered one or more ways.

See they want to get people used to paying with things electronically by their apple watch.

Apparently there’s some big move on credit card merchants to upgrade their systems to take more secure ways of payment. Apple is getting in right now as the upgrades take place. they have till october 2016 to get the new systems in place. Other wise merchants risk liability of fraudulent charges if they don’t and some customers’ accounts are hacked and if they find it’s due to the merchants’ in any way.

So there’s that.

Personally i think it’s paving the way to cashless society which I will not be a part of, 100%.


19 posted on 05/05/2015 11:07:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bobalu
> This is the sort of thing that keeps me from being an Apple Fanboy...

You'll be thrilled to know that you don't have to be an Apple Fanboy to enjoy Apple products.

Thanks to a radically new, dramatically improved way of looking at things available from Apple since March, you can now own as many as three Apple products without having to register as an Apple Fanboy. All you have to do is like a few Apple products better than their competition enough to purchase them instead.

Of course, this sometimes comes with a responsibility to pony up a little more cash than for the competition's products, but that's because you can't produce high quality products for the same cost as producing lesser ones. Apple charges only what the traffic will allow, in small unmarked bills, delivered to me, Ralph Icebag, in a plain brown wrapper, by a brown-shoed square in the dead of night!

No, wait, that's Firesign...

20 posted on 05/05/2015 11:07:54 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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