Chinese Knockoff Maker Reportedly Copies, Patents iPhone 5 Design - Polidicks

[QUOTE][IMG]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2012/09/goophone-y5-clone-nouvel-iphone-5-1-660x459.jpeg[/IMG] [I]The Goophone I5 takes the upcoming iPhone’s purported new look to the Android platform. Image: Goophone [/I] A Chinese iPhone lookalike manufacturer has reportedly patented the next iPhone’s design before Apple has even released the handset. The Goophone I5, which was unveiled in late August, appears to be an exact ripoff of leaked images and parts for Apple’s next iPhone. Blog Gizchina reports that Goophone has already patented the design of the I5 and could potentially sue or try to block Apple from selling its handset in China. The only external difference in design between the GooPhone I5 and what we expect the iPhone 5 to look like is the former’s 3.5-inch display, as opposed to the 4-inch display most observers expect on Apple’s new handset. “It would be unfortunate if a country’s patent system were designed to allow this type of behavior,” Robin Feldman, Professor of Law at UC Hastings and author of the book Rethinking Patent Rights, said via email. Patent laws vary from country to country, so what flies in China, may not be allowed in the U.S., or vice versa. “If this behavior had occurred in the United States, Apple would have an action for misappropriation of trade secrets.” Goophone has a history of creating smartphone doppelgangers, including flagship devices like the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC ONE S and iPhone 4. Some of the images on its website even appear to be press shots of the copied product itself. (Such is the case with the Galaxy S3 copycat.) Apple has been involved in several intellectual property disputes in China. The company recently settled a trademark dispute over the iPad name with a financially troubled electronics company called Proview. Another Chinese company, Zhizhen Network Technology, says Apple’s Siri is infringing on its patented “instant messaging chat bot system.” And in a third case, Apple is being sued over the name Snow Leopard.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/goophone-apple-iphone/"]Source[/URL]

If it's cheaper than the actual iPhone 5, and I can hack it? I'll buy one :v:

[QUOTE=ewitwins;37545091]If it's cheaper than the actual iPhone 5, and I can hack it? I'll buy one :v:[/QUOTE] knowing some of these knock-off specs, it wouldn't be worth it, man.

this is going to be interesting

GooPhone I5 is such a disgustingly terrible name.

[QUOTE]“It would be unfortunate if a country’s patent system were designed to allow this type of behavior,” Robin Feldman, Professor of Law at UC Hastings and author of the book Rethinking Patent Rights, said via email.[/QUOTE] But it would also be hilarious. They copied the Android Honeycomb logo as well, but I doubt Google's going to even cough at that.

[QUOTE=leontodd;37545164]GooPhone I5 is such a disgustingly terrible name.[/QUOTE] Chinese are generally bad at picking names anyway Long Wang Ah Choo Dum Gai Rong Dong and so on

does that bee look like the android guy or is it just me?

[QUOTE=koeniginator;37545301]Chinese are generally bad at picking names anyway Long Wang Ah Choo Dum Gai Rong Dong and so on[/QUOTE] Oh wow I think I'd kill myself if my name was Rong Dong.

[QUOTE=NeoAznMan;37545061]and could potentially sue or try to block Apple from selling its handset in China.[/QUOTE] That would be a bit ironic. Apple needs a taste of their own medicine.

After all these years of Apple stealing from everyone else, someone finally steals from Apple. Well how do you like that?

[QUOTE=leontodd;37545445]Oh wow I think I'd kill myself if my name was Rong Dong.[/QUOTE] What if we were all born with the name "Rite Dong"?

Eh - trade dress goes beyond and above patents often enough.

[QUOTE=Doneeh;37545673]What if we were all born with the name "Rite Dong"?[/QUOTE] L = R Rong Dong = Long Dong Lite Dong works too I guess...

Hope they miracously manage to ban the iPhone 5 in China to give Apple a taste of its own medicine.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;37545311]does that bee look like the android guy or is it just me?[/QUOTE] Maybe because it is the android honeycomb logo

[QUOTE=usaokay;37546083][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a6lxiB1b_I[/media] cheaper than the PS3[/QUOTE] Ashens has videos of a few iphone knock offs too

[QUOTE=koeniginator;37545301]Chinese are generally bad at picking names anyway Long Wang Ah Choo Dum Gai Rong Dong and so on[/QUOTE] Don't you put that on my mamma

[QUOTE=Squad;37546015]L = R Rong Dong = Long Dong Lite Dong works too I guess...[/QUOTE] no, there's no audible l. l's become r's, not the other way around.

[QUOTE=BrickInHead;37546166]no, there's no audible l. l's become r's, not the other way around.[/QUOTE] jeez if you're gonna bring up stereotypes at least do it properly

[QUOTE=BrickInHead;37546166]no, there's no audible l. l's become r's, not the other way around.[/QUOTE] ... Yes... Go backwards. It is like saying "Long Dong" in a cheesy chinese accent...

[QUOTE=leontodd;37545164]GooPhone I5 is such a disgustingly terrible name.[/QUOTE] Hey ma- das a pretty goophone

[QUOTE]“It would be unfortunate if a country’s patent system were designed to allow this type of behavior,”[/QUOTE] wow coming from the country that allows patenting rounded rectangles hm

[QUOTE=koeniginator;37545301]Chinese are generally bad at picking names anyway Long Wang Ah Choo Dum Gai Rong Dong and so on[/QUOTE] wow what an incredibly ignorant, racist, and backwards post

[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;37546505]wow what an incredibly ignorant, racist, and backwards post[/QUOTE] yes it is (and i googled them and real actual people came up, take that the way you want)

[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;37546505]wow what an incredibly ignorant, racist, and backwards post[/QUOTE] Holy shit it was a joke. The names are real but the point was that what sounds weird and dumb in English, might not sound so dumb to a native Chinese speaker (aka their target audience)