Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon

Re:Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon by skeletonjelly on Sunday November 11, 2012 @06:51PM (#4771024)

Is it not possible that two designs can exist of a simple structure such as a clock without any interaction between the two people? Look I'm not defending Apple, I actually think it's deplorable. I'm not the jury or judge though. I haven't heard a statement from Apple as to whether or not they're sorry or have otherwise made an excuse.

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Re:Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon by alexqgb on Sunday November 11, 2012 @08:55PM (#4771281)

This particular clock face is a fetish object within design circles. The idea that several layers of Apple design people were unfamiliar with it is absurd. To get any more absurd, you'd have to postulate the existence of a tenured English professor at Yale who has never heard of Shakespeare.

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Re:Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon by DanBC on Sunday November 11, 2012 @07:52PM (#4771154)

_A_ clock? Maybe.

_This_ particular clock? Very very unlikely. Especially in a company such as Apple where design is so important. It's impossible that Apple were unaware of this design.

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Re:Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon by ekianjo on Sunday November 11, 2012 @07:50PM (#4771151)

You know Apple only makes excuses once they have a court order telling them to do so. And even then, they try to get away with it by making the excuse non-sincere.

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Re:Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon by smackfu on Monday November 12, 2012 @08:57AM (#4772823)

> I haven't heard a statement from Apple as to whether or not they're sorry or have otherwise made an excuse

Part of the $21 million is to not have to say that.

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