Oh come on man, is Apple going to patent white boxes now? The technology to create white boxes wasn't even available before Apple came out with their packaging. No way is Samsung ripping them off. 🙄
Yes, that patent was probably one of the few to get turned down.
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But seriously, yes you enjoy a little sarcasm here... but, wait, care to explain (aside from possibly infringing on patents that should not rightfully exist according to standard business protocols and prior art) how any of this is illegal and/or ethically/morally/whateverly wrong?
Oh, you can't? :hmm:
Do note: I am not defending Samsung in any way. They are a cutthroat corporation run like a mafia. They test every boundary line possible, and who knows how they handle things behind the scenes in the business scene itself... they have gotten quite dirty with their practices (oh, wait... who else would fit that description... hmm)
But everyone seems to be jumping on Samsung here, as if they are doing something wrong (and defending Apple's "right" to protect their "property", when all they do is repeat what other Apple trolls spill from their mouth when not sucking on the Apple marketing tit).
Sometimes the best method of competition is going head to head, in every way, with the competitor, by imitating their flair and spinning it into your own.
Again, not saying Samsung's approach is great or whether it will benefit us in the end, hurt us, result in one or more companies leaving the market, or what have you. Merely stating it like it is... whether you support their methods or not, it doesn't really matter. In the end, Apple should have no legal right to block Samsung from selling similar-looking products. A direct copy of the device itself, to the point that, aside from a logo, it is effectively the same? That's one thing. Imitating the packaging? Well, it'll inflame fanboys I guess.
