News Apple Licences Swiss Railway Clock Design For Use In iOS Devices

[RoBoGhOsT]

The new clock app in iOS6 was a near-exact replica of the Swiss railway clock designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker . Swiss railway operator SBB noticed this and pointed it out to Apple asking for credit .

Now Apple and Swiss railways have reached a licence agreement to use the SBB station clock on iOS devices .
"For the use of the clockface on certain Apple devices such as iPads and iPhones, the parties have negotiated an arrangement that enables Apple to use the SBB station clock under a licence agreement. The parties have agreed that the amount of the licensing fee and any further details of the licensing arrangement will remain confidential."


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[singenaadam]

Now, look who's stealing (only difference: they have been caught this time around!).

 

[6pack]

near-exact? more like exactly looking like the swiss design. they (the designer) didn't even bother changing anything in it. the copycat just removed the swiss logo from the watch face.

Source has no hyperlink on it...

 

[ayanavish]

PC mag report: Apple, Swiss Railway Ink Licensing Deal Over Clock Icon | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

 

[?dOuBtFiRe?]

Ouch. Apple has been bitten. Nice.
Any other missed license/copyrights.

 

[Spacescreamer]

The concerned Swiss authority should have flatly refused any usage. That would have been a nice slap across apple's face. It's long overdue now.

But then that would have been in a perfect world, where a stupid US patent office wouldnt have granted a patent on the 'Rectangle' shape.