Only difference I can see is that the Apple is about 4 hours and 23 minutes slow.
OTOH, ca 1930s:
Posted on 09/22/2012 12:16:24 AM PDT by smokingfrog
BERLIN -- Switzerland's national rail company accused Apple (AAPL) on Friday of stealing the iconic look of its station clocks for the iOS 6 operating system used by iPhone and iPad mobile devices.
Both designs have a round clock face with black indicators except for the second hand, which is red.
A spokesman for the Swiss Federal Railways, or SBB, said the Apple design was "identical" to the one pioneered by the rail company in 1944.
"We are proud that this icon of clock design is being used by a globally successful company," Reto Kormann told The Associated Press, but he noted that Apple hadn't asked for permission before doing so.
"We've approached Apple and told them that the rights for this clock belong to us," he said.
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Given the fact that Apple considers their legal department to be a profit centre, I think it would be awesome karma if they got sued over this.
Screw the Swiss Cheeze! If the Swiss can't maintain bank secrecy, what good are they? As for time pieces, the Japs have forgotten more about clocks and watches than the Swiss ever knew!
Red and black is such a generic color scheme that it is actually the name of a standard computer search algorithm: the red-black tree! No way can it be patented or copyrighted!
And NO other company’s using such designs? I smell bologna.
Only difference I can see is that the Apple is about 4 hours and 23 minutes slow.
OTOH, ca 1930s:
time is money...get over it ya switzer scammers ya...design manuf. and sell yer own line of pc’s, let’s see ya pull off that one ....ya moochin pull offers..ya bwahahhah
Give us back our secret numbered swiss accounts, we give you back your clock. Meanwhile all your clock are belong to apple.
The Japanese called: they say you copied their schtick ;^)
Somebody set up us the bomb
Didn’t apple just win a ridiculous lawsuit against Samsung over the shape of the iPhone and the shape of the friggin’ icons on the screen?
I love it when karma comes around and bites the high and mighty on the backside.
Apple fanbois descending to flame you in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Aren’t they using Arabic numbers on that clock also?
“Arabic” numbers? Swiped from the Indians.
Not identical.
The second hand on the Apple version does not extend beyond the rotation point as far as the Swiss one does. It also has a red dot at the axis. Also, the round end on the second hand is smaller and a hair shorter than the Swiss.
The hour hand and the minute hand on the Apple are both shorter.
The Apple second marks are thinner and longer than the Swiss.
The Apple hands are narrower than the Swiss and do not have the slight taper of the Swiss.
LOL. You are showing your longevity as a Freeper. I was lurking during the "all your bases are belong to us" era. That discussion ran a long time. Was that 15 years ago?
If the examples of “prior art” shown are the closest Apple can defend with, it will get to the jury if actually litigated. Apple’s clock looks much closer to the Swiss clock than the prior art. SBB is offering a license, Apple would be foolish to not take it. I have some experience with Swiss companies and IP rights, this won’t go down well if Apple doesn’t settle.
Apple may be the real world version of a Skynet.
I have never owned any Apple product, and because its so big and has such a fanatic fan base it actually turns me away.
I had a choice to buy the Iphone but went with the Samsung Galaxy 2S, and I’ll stay with it. I just feel like branding myself and following a herd.
I meant I DON’T feel like branding myself and following a herd.
I’ll wager you excelled at Where’s Waldo.
Yep, neither Microsoft nor Google have any such aspiration, lol.
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