Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie as prior art against iPad design

Posted by FlorianMueller on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @11:50AM
from the fosspatents.blogspot.com dept.

http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/samsung-cites-stanley-kubricks-2001.html

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Re:Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie as prior art ... by smoody on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @12:32PM (#2917225)

I'm no lawyer, but this smells of desperation. It doesn't seem to be the kind of thing one would do unless one really had no other choice in making a case. Are there really no good, real examples of the iphone/ipad form factor prior to the launch of the iphone?

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Re:Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie as prior art ... by apress on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @03:15PM (#2917970)

Please at least read the link. The 2001 movie still is one of numerous examples cited in the Samsung filing and the "patent" in question is a relatively general and vague "design patent."

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