3 May 2011
Apple vs. Samsung: A Visual Guide to Apple's IP Claims 1: Hardware Design
Author: Johnny5k
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Comparing Samsung’s flagship products before and after release of the iPhone & iPad, and how Apple’s intellectual property infringement claims hold up
Part 1: Hardware Design
APPLE’S PRIMARY CLAIMS:
Samsung’s manufacture and distribution of the Samsung Galaxy products with packaging, product design, and product user interface features that copy a combination of several elements of Apple’s Registered Trade Dress is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive the consumer as to the affiliation, connection or association of Samsung with Apple, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval by Apple of Samsung’s goods, services or commercial activities.
HARDWARE DESIGN :: SMARTPHONES
Apple iPhone vs. Samsung Galaxy S (Samsung’s phone AFTER iPhone) vs. Samsung SGH-F700 (Samsung’s phone BEFORE iPhone)
The color(s) black, blue, brown, brown-gray, gray-green, green, orange, red, silver, tan, white and yellow is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the configuration of a rec-tangular handheld mobile digital electronic device with rounded silver edges, a black face, and an array of 16 square icons with rounded edges. The top 12 icons appear on a black background, and the bottom 4 appear on a silver background.[1]The mark consists of the configuration of a rectangular handheld mobile digital electronic device with rounded corners.[2]The color(s) gray, silver and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the configuration of a handheld mobile digital electronic device. The color gray appears as a rectangle at the front, center of the device. [the screen]The color black appears on the front of the deviceabove and below the gray rectangle and on the curved corners of the device. The color silver appears as the outer border and sides of the device.[3]
HARDWARE DESIGN :: TABLETS
Apple iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab (Samsung’s tablet AFTER iPad/iPhone) vs. Samsung Q1 UMPC (Samsung’s ‘tablet’ BEFORE iPad/iPhone)
The mark consists of the configuration of a rectangular handheld mobile digital electronic device with rounded corners.[2]The color(s) gray, silver and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the configuration of a handheld mobile digital electronic device. The color gray appears as a rectangle at the front, center of the device. [the screen]The color black appears on the front of the deviceabove and below the gray rectangle and on the curved corners of the device. The color silver appears as the outer border and sides of the device. [3]
Continued in Apple vs. Samsung: A Visual Guide 2: Interface Icons
1. U.S. Registration No. 3,470,983 is for the overall design of the product, including the rectangular shape, the rounded corners, the silver edges, the black face, and the display of sixteen colorful icons.
2. U.S. Registration No. 3,457,218 is for the configuration of a rectangular handheld mobile digital electronic device with rounded corners.
3. U.S. Registration No. 3,475,327 is for a rectangular handheld mobile digital electronic device with a gray rectangular portion in the center, a black band above and below the gray rectangle and on the curved corners, and a silver outer border and side.
This only covers a portion of the claims Apple has made against Samsung regarding the similarities between their products. Author Disclosure: I own Apple stock. I obviously (hopefully) didn’t create this in hopes it would help their stock, but I do want to cover my ass so no one can claim I did.