File:Apple v Samsung design patent.png
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Summary[edit]
| Description | US design patents only cover what is shown as solid lines. Dotted lines don't count. The left image is from Apple's US design patent D593087. The right image is of a Samsung Galaxy S 4G. The Samsung image is from the court records in Apple v Samsung. The Samsung phone infringed the Apple patent even though the backs were different because the Apple patent showed the back as a dotted line and was not claimed. | ||
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| Author or copyright owner |
Mark Nowotarski | ||
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2013/07/30/strong-design-patents-the-power-of-the-broken-line/id=44215/ | ||
| Date of publication | 7/30/13 | ||
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | design patent | ||
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | The use of dotted lines in a design patent | ||
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
n.a. | ||
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Visual images are needed to show what design patents cover | ||
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | This file is only being used to show what US design patents cover. | ||
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
n.a. | ||
| Other information |
I am the author and created this image using images from a US design patent and records from a US federal court case. | ||
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of design patent//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_v_Samsung_design_patent.pngtrue | |||
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| current | 23:07, 9 October 2017 | | 365 × 273 (52 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 12:40, 31 July 2013 | No thumbnail | 480 × 360 (65 KB) | Nowa (talk | contribs) | Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard |
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