Briefly: Apple shoots secret commercial, hit with patent suit

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  • Reply 21 of 63
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  • Reply 22 of 63
    Um... the Google Chrome store?
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  • Reply 23 of 63
    jazzgurujazzguru Posts: 6,435member
    Maybe if you stare at it long enough...?
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  • Reply 24 of 63
    anonymouseanonymouse Posts: 7,123member
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    Originally Posted by charlituna View Post


    1. not a shock this was filed in Patent Land. one day they really need to make a law that you can only file in a district that one of the players is actually in. and stop this garbage of every patent case going to the East District of Texas (which will let anyone file a claim even if on toliet paper)



    Well, the reason the law is the way it is is that, if you are a small garage inventor in, say, Maine, with a couple of patents to your name, and a company in CA is infringing your patents, the financial burden of filing a suit in CA would be oppressive to you and make it practically impossible for you to seek relief for the infringement. This is a good idea as a way to help small inventors.



    What they really need to do is find a way to tighten patent law and patent guidelines so that patent trolls can't make money off ridiculously vague patents that they have no intention of licensing or putting to use other than to look around for companies with deep pockets to sue. The trick is to do this without screwing legitimate small inventors who aren't able to actually bring products to market and can't get anyone to license their patents, otherwise, large companies would just ride right over them.



    I also think there should probably be an investigation of what's going on in the East District of Texas that makes it such an attractive venue for patent trolls. There's clearly something rotten there.
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  • Reply 26 of 63
    Could be a commercial for the "iProd", aka iPhone OS tablet.
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  • Reply 27 of 63
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    Um... the Google Chrome store?



    Google colors anyone?
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  • Reply 28 of 63
    mpantonempantone Posts: 2,506member
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    Does the location they were shooting at have free wiFi. Is it a known wifi hotspot. Might tell us about the nature of the product they were shooting.



    No, it wouldn't.



    Apple could have easily borrowed the restaurant's wired Internet connectivity and set up a temporary WAP. They could have used a paid access point (if that's what the restaurant has). They could have walked in with a Sprint MiFi. They could have faked the whole thing (i.e., add screenshots in post-production).



    It really doesn't matter if this is a known wifi hotspot or not. It's not like they are rare and endangered species. I get free wifi at the local mom-and-pop coffee shops and most sports bars.



    Everything from the iPhone to the iMac has built-in WiFi. The presence of WiFi (public or private) on set is meaningless.
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  • Reply 29 of 63
    It's no "Dark Side Of The Moon" logo.
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  • Reply 30 of 63
    At least it looks like a square window.
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  • Reply 31 of 63
    rnp1rnp1 Posts: 175member
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    That's a logo?



    1. The original Windows logo for W95 was created on a Mac using Photoshop (before Adobe got corrupted) at W/K agency.



    2. The icons for W95 were altered icons from the Mac Os, done by the same original artist that Steve Jobs had draw them for Apple. (she obviously needed the money, moved over to MS and lost her mind!)



    So in complete silliness, the Mac created flag logo, those 'borrowed' Apple icons and now the "new" retail logo for MS, based on the W/K flag, are all still here!!! Well kept secrets nearly as hidden as anything Dick Cheney had in his file cabinets that were burned before he left office!



    Watch on Monday nights at 9 for, "Microsoft's Best Secrets Revealed"

    "See, the Microsoft code revealed. Andy Hertzfield and Douglas Engelbart direct code and their signatures are found hidden in Windows code. The Bill Gates/Paul Allen rewrite wasn't able hide the truth of outright theft of the code. Each Monday night, Steve Wozniac dons a cape and mask and, with four lovely assistants, exposes how Microsoft, with overly complex, bloated code and maxed out chip usage, is able to almost approximate the tricks that Apple does using minimal processor speed and precise, compact code. No NBA team owning code thief, mercury laden vaccine dispensing philanthropist, monopolistic mega-corporation, or corrupt team of sleazy lawyers is safe from the MASKED MAN! Tune in Monday at 9!"
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  • Reply 32 of 63
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    Yes, it looks odd, and unless you were told it's an MS logo, it would be meaningless.



    MS can't brand or market. It's always been this way.



    inuse macs. I use windows. Both are good, prefer macs. When I see stuff like this though I want to fire marekting as I have done this. I can develop hipper products. Lol. Maybe hipper mac products. Lol. But for those that use both, don't you want to bang your head, I mean really, Songsmith? Sure someone believes in it so I don't go to that forum and trash someones dream, but it needs to be a better product with pro samples. Sometimes msft just doesn't think. Geeesh. If it's a logo that brands the different dept of stores, maybe it's just one of many as if they get away with that color scheme and boxes, they can probaly use different shapes, 3D but are they that smart. Hmmmm.



    Peace All.
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  • Reply 33 of 63
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    Really, are they TRYING to make their marketing more irrelevant than it already is?



    That looks like something that belongs in an amateur art gallery, not something that is going to represent and easily identify a supposedly world-class brand.



    In other words... it's perfect.
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  • Reply 34 of 63
    technotechno Posts: 737member
    I think they had an in house exec. create that logo in Word. Maybe they require all of their logos created in Word.
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  • Reply 35 of 63
    djsherlydjsherly Posts: 1,031member
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    Yes, it looks odd, and unless you were told it's an MS logo, it would be meaningless.




    of course if that were the case whatever body is responsible for registering trademarks s

    will reject the application. A trademark is supposed to connect the manufacturer to the product or service.
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  • Reply 36 of 63
    msnlymsnly Posts: 378member
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    Originally Posted by djsherly View Post


    of course if that were the case whatever body is responsible for registering trademarks s

    will reject the application. A trademark is supposed to connect the manufacturer to the product or service.



    It does, it's a piece of shit.





    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jazzguru View Post


    Knowing MS, they pobably contracted a marketing firm to come up with this abomination of a logo...and the firm probably uses Macs!



    Heretic!!!
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  • Reply 37 of 63
    What a logo.



    Josef Albers is spinning in his grave!
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  • Reply 38 of 63
    foo2foo2 Posts: 1,077member
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    That represents Microsoft, a bunch of squares.



    Microsoft is so bad at bringing technology to the masses, they even make a square look complicated.
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  • Reply 39 of 63
    chronsterchronster Posts: 1,894member
    I think that I speak for everyone when I say this: The news about the Microsoft logo is the most important thing this website has ever reported and it deserved it's own standalone article. Thank you for bringing us the cutting edge stuff.



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  • Reply 40 of 63
    agaaga Posts: 42member
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    Originally Posted by cowhide View Post


    That represents Microsoft, a bunch of squares.



    FUNNY, IT LOOKS LIKE A RUG YOU'D BUY AT POTTERY BARN OR SOMETHING!



    Guess we can laugh if we get to wipe our feet on it too!



    ONLY MICROSOFT WOULD TURN THEIR LOGO INTO A RUG SO YOU CAN WIPE YOUR FEET ON IT!



    But wasn't their previous rug suppose to be a flying carpet? Don't think it ever took off though.
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