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angelmb · Mar 19, 2005, 04:15 AM

http://www.tulip-ego.com/main2.html

A copy-cat from Apple�s iBook, so it doesn�t look bad IMO.

demograph68 · Mar 19, 2005, 04:35 AM

Sexy!

Eug Wanker · Mar 19, 2005, 10:10 AM

Dare to be different:

Think Different:

DeathToWindows · Mar 19, 2005, 02:47 PM

Apple, Circa 1999

Captain Obvious · Mar 19, 2005, 03:13 PM

Originally posted by angelmb:

historylme · Mar 19, 2005, 03:21 PM

I can't believe the BS that this guy and company are trying to pass off as their own. No mention to the Ibook at all!

akin to plagiarism at it's worst.

ort888 · Mar 19, 2005, 03:41 PM

They are totally going to get their asses sued. Apple won't care that they ripped off a 5 year old design. They'll go after them anyway.

They may not win in the end, but I'm sure they have enough money to make them think twice about copying their designs again.

BasketofPuppies · Mar 19, 2005, 03:45 PM

It looks like this Tulip company was trying to design a portable that looked similar to an original iBook without looking similar enough to get sued by Apple.

It still looks a bit too similar to an original iBook to me.

zizban · Mar 19, 2005, 03:50 PM

One of the key objectives for TDIH is to become a leading player in this design niche market.

Lesson One: Ripping off someone else's design is a good way to be crushed like the slug you are.

Superchicken · Mar 19, 2005, 04:09 PM

Apple's not making an original iBook style notebook right now... they'd be smart to borrow ideas from this company. Think iBook to match your iPod type idea. Have removable face plates that would allow for things like 3rd Party leather, fabric etc accessories for your Apple notebook. A bulkier design like this would allow for great cooling and if it's got more of a purse like feel to it it would probably encourage lots of women to take em along. Laptop as expensive fashion accessory is NOT a bad idea. And if it was more squarish and slim would you call it a PowerBook ripoff? It's a laptop that's not a square... dang I'm glad Apple gets credit for anything that's not a freaking box. They're not going to get sued. Apple should innovate to compete not sue people into oblivion... and in this case they can't do the later anyway.

Wiskedjak · Mar 19, 2005, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by zizban:
Lesson One: Ripping off someone else's design is a good way to be crushed like the slug you are.

Wrong. The only way you can get crushed is if you copy someone else's design exactly. This is clearly not an exact copy. Industrial design protection is no where near as strong as copyright protection and you can't copyright an industrial design.

Superchicken · Mar 19, 2005, 04:24 PM

Apple's not making an original iBook style notebook right now... they'd be smart to borrow ideas from this company. Think iBook to match your iPod type idea. Have removable face plates that would allow for things like 3rd Party leather, fabric etc accessories for your Apple notebook. A bulkier design like this would allow for great cooling and if it's got more of a purse like feel to it it would probably encourage lots of women to take em along. Laptop as expensive fashion accessory is NOT a bad idea. And if it was more squarish and slim would you call it a PowerBook ripoff? It's a laptop that's not a square... dang I'm glad Apple gets credit for anything that's not a freaking box. They're not going to get sued. Apple should innovate to compete not sue people into oblivion... and in this case they can't do the later anyway.

Wiskedjak · Mar 19, 2005, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
... And if it was more squarish and slim would you call it a PowerBook ripoff? It's a laptop that's not a square... dang I'm glad Apple gets credit for anything that's not a freaking box. They're not going to get sued. Apple should innovate to compete not sue people into oblivion... and in this case they can't do the later anyway.

Actually, no. If it were more squarish then it would be a copy of the first Compaq laptops, which appeared about 2 years before the PowerBooks. Apple obviously copied the square design of these early Compaqs.

http://inventors.about.com/library/i...s/bllaptop.htm

BasketofPuppies · Mar 19, 2005, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by Wiskedjak:
Wrong. The only way you can get crushed is if you copy someone else's design exactly. This is clearly not an exact copy. Industrial design protection is no where near as strong as copyright protection and you can't copyright an industrial design.

But you can patent it.

Apple's won its patent lawsuit against eMachines over the eOne computer and it didn't look that much like an iMac.

Granted, U.S. courts haven't been as easy on plaintiffs bringing bringing design patent lawsuits since then...