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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by a13n on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @07:47PM (#20935136)
On what grounds would they sue? Not only is it completely legal to copy a competitor's design (in most cases), Uber isn't selling this to other companies.
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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by 8ytecoder on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:00PM (#20935874)
I don’t understand why the above user is getting downvoted to oblivion by people who don’t understand legalities. Trade dress[1] is a form of intellectual property. This is what prevents a company from copying a competitor down to the pixel. Apple and Samsung fought an infamous and long legal battle over this. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress

[2] https://revisionlegal.com/trademarks/lessons-trademarking-tr...

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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by infinite8s on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:57PM (#20936170)
It only matters for product you sell (hence the reference to consumer confusion). Ubers chat sounds like it's solely for internal use.
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