Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of a still image taken from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey." In a clip from that film lasting about one minute, two astronauts are eating and at the same time using personal tablet computers. The clip can be downloaded online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8pQVDyaLo. As with the design claimed by the D’889 Patent, the tablet disclosed in the clip has an overall rectangular shape with a dominant display screen, narrow borders, a predominately flat front surface, a flat back surface (which is evident because the tablets are lying flat on the table's surface), and a thin form factor.
(via @chris_stevenson:@stilkov)
Not to mention the Star Trek Next Gen Padd. In a gobsmackingly stupid move Apple has allowed iPad users to install an app that makes the screen look like an LCARS interface. I mean even the name "Padd" and "iPad" are too close for comfort.
ReplyDeleteYeah, well back in the early 90's the cartoon Reboot had an iPad device as well.
ReplyDeleteI really hope Samsung wins this one as Apple and many other tech companies patent trolling is getting ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI'm just gonna leave this in here... http://inspector-gadget.net/wp-content/gallery/go-go-gadget-gallery/Book.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe niece of Inspector Gadget used to have it