Switzerland's Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, or Swiss Federal Railway service, has accused Apple of using their iconic clock in its Clock app for iPad without permission, according to a report in the Swiss newspaper Blick [Google Translate].
Left: Apple's Clock app. Right: The iconic Swiss Railway clock. Courtesy Wikipedia
The clock, designed by Hans Hilfiker, has become an icon of both the Swiss railway and of Switzerland itself. The trademark and copyright for the clock is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways service.
According to the article:
Quote: SBB is the sole owner of the trademark and copyright of the railway clock. The railway company will now get in touch with Apple. The aim is a legal, as well as a financial solution. It is not right that one [Apple] simply copies the design.
The paper notes that Apple Switzerland declined to comment and directed reporters to Apple's corporate headquarters in the United States.
The clock's image is widely licensed, with the watchmaker Mondaine selling replicas around the world.
Who cares? If this goes anywhere, Apple will release an iOS update with a different clock face and go away scot-free. Copying the design of a clock is better than copying the design of an entire phone + OS.
Who cares? If this goes anywhere, Apple will release an iOS update with a different clock face and go away scot-free. Copying the design of a clock is better than copying the design of an entire phone + OS.
No you don't get it. It's still copying and the fact that they were caught isn't doing Apple well.
Who cares? If this goes anywhere, Apple will release an iOS update with a different clock face and go away scot-free. Copying the design of a clock is better than copying the design of an entire phone + OS.
You act like this is the first time.
And we've been over this. Samsung did not copy IOS (of all OS')
