“China’s Shenzhen Great Loong Brother today threatened that it might sue Apple for allegedly cloning one of its tablet PCs with the iPad,” Electronista reports.
“A company spokesman claims the Apple design resembles the black bezel, chrome trimmed P-P-P88 tablet it released in 2009,” Electronista reports. “Since both have roughly 10-inch touchscreens and are technically sold in the US, SGLB could theoretically challenge Apple for cloning its design where the complainant itself has often produced clones of its own.”
Electronista reports, “The P88 itself partly resembles an oversized iPhone but is essentially a touch-only Windows netbook…”
Full article, with an image of the piece of crap, here.
MacDailyNews Take: If Shenzhen Great Loong Brother sues Apple over this, they’re Great Craazy, Brother.
My 19 TFT panel looks the same as yours – I’m gonna sue.
The Chines had better find themselves a no win no fee law firm. They dont have a hope in hell!
How do you say WTF in Chinese?
I think I just might purchase this fine product from our Chinese friends. Looks like great quality with best OS available and the manufacturer has a good reputation and probably offers first class service… What a Loooosers!
Time for FORD to sue every other car company. What? Well, they’ve all got wheels!
Isn’t that like Nike suing Adidas because the latter uses laces? Every flatscreen or monitor has a frame around the screen. And whether they use chrome trim or another material is hardly something that can be copyrightable.
This plaintiff is just another loser looking for a quick payday. And, yes, Apple’s design is a lot nicer than their POC.
So the lawyers in China have more chutzpah than the lawyers in the U.S.?
Wow!
What would Google do?
Oh yeah, they look exactly the same right down to the little green START button in the corner.
This story is crap….like the Chinese are really going to sue a high visibility company like Apple for creating a knockoff. In a way I hope they are that stupid…free advertising for the iPad.
This is just a quick try at publicity ad will die quickly.
Let’s see how this works…party A copy the iPhone and make it bigger. Party B copies it’s own iPhone and makes it bigger and is sued. And I thought our lawyers in the US were stupid crooks!
No MSG please.
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“Full article, with an image of the piece of crap, here.”
When all the wingnuts start lining up to sue Apple over one of their latest innovations you KNOW it is going to be massive success.
1 hour of battery life!! LOL
I think I’m going to sue China. I have the patent on a rectangle.
It is so funny to see a company in one of the largest counterfeit, copyright infringing nations talk about filing suit. The iPad is simply a larger iPod touch. What is there to sue over?
This is what happens when Chinese exchange students come to the USA to study law.
That is seriously funny….!
Apple should counter-sue claiming that the Chinese tablet ripped off the iPod Touch.
So let me get this right: a company that makes knock-offs wants to sue a company that makes original products. And they want to sue in a country where intellectual property laws are neither respected nor enforced. And they want to sue, based on the notion that a common commodity product, namely an LCD screen that they neither designed nor manufactured is their intellectual property and copyright?
I think I need a drink.
Funny, their clone looks a lot more like the HP tablet.
They just want hits and media coverage. Apple would, in fact, destroy Shenzhen Great Loong Brother in court as their tablet is a direct ripoff of Apple’s iPhone.
Would be nice to see Apple dismantle their company should Shenzhen Great Loong Brother press the issue.
Love the comments. I suspect that this has a lot to do with publicity.
@ Norrin Radd–
It’s completely off-subject, but I am compelled to post…
Contrary to common belief, the first automobile was not a Ford; it was a Mercedes-Benz.
Ford is credited as simplifying the assembly line.
So, no, Ford has no grounds for a lawsuit… Mercedes-Benz on the other hand…
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