Apple looks to SBB for inspiration
Apple has copied the design of the SBB watch for the iPad. The SBB is pleased and is demanding financial compensation.
Apparently, Apple likes the design of the Swiss station clock so much that the computer manufacturer has used it for a clock icon in the new iPad operating system. This writes the Tagesanzeiger on Friday. At the SBB they are indeed happy about this, as SBB spokesman Christian Ginsig said to a report from Blick am Abend on Thursday. At the same time, however, they are now demanding financial compensation as the owner of the rights.
As Ginsig further told the Tagesazeiger, SBB will seek contact with Apple. In response to a question from the Tagesanzeiger, Apple Switzerland said that it could not provide any information. The company headquarters in the USA is responsible.
The design is used by Apple for the time and alarm clock function in the iPad. However, not everyone shares SBB's opinion that this cannot simply be copied. Kress.de, for example, describes SBB's reaction as "the Swiss feel their pride has been hurt.
