“China’s Shenzhen Great Loong Brother today threatened that it might sue Apple for allegedly cloning one of its tablet PCs with the iPad,” Electronista reports.
“A company spokesman claims the Apple design resembles the black bezel, chrome trimmed P-P-P88 tablet it released in 2009,” Electronista reports. “Since both have roughly 10-inch touchscreens and are technically sold in the US, SGLB could theoretically challenge Apple for cloning its design where the complainant itself has often produced clones of its own.”
Electronista reports, “The P88 itself partly resembles an oversized iPhone but is essentially a touch-only Windows netbook…”
Full article, with an image of the piece of crap, here.
MacDailyNews Take: If Shenzhen Great Loong Brother sues Apple over this, they’re Great Craazy, Brother.
Can they have the name “brother” as part of their registered/pirated/copied business name when selling computer electronics internationally? Since it directly affects Brother?
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I bought my authentic iPhoon in china, works great ESP the plastic screen. And mine comes with a free stylus, and a Louis Vachon carrycase.