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ripped off again
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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well, they say flattery...blah, blah blah
how long before apple legal gets ahold of this monstrosity?
OTOH, it does support OGG...decisions, decisions 
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if it aint' broke, break it.
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Yowza! That's just damn blatant. I wonder why these sorts of companies spend so much money on producing things that are almost certain to get them sued?
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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Did they make any attempt at all to change the design? Are they going to claim OGG support makes it different?! Apple's legal department will have a field day with these guys. I'll bet they're all sitting around a big wooden conference table, giggling and drawing straws to see who gets to take a whack at this one.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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What's funny is that you people seem to believe that there is some form of legal protection on industrial designs. There are not. Industrial designs are not, in general, patentable. Unless a competing design is EXACTLY the same there is nothing that can be done.
You can protect trademarks, technology and processes, but that's about it.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Doesnt Apple have a patent on that type of scroll wheel though?
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They probably have a patent on the scroll wheel, but that assumes the DCube wheel works exactly the same. Apple does not have a patent on circles.
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Originally posted by Wiskedjak:
Unless a competing design is EXACTLY the same there is nothing that can be done.
Not true. 'Passing off' is enough to land you in court.
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