Samsung got itself in a lot of legal hot water, many moons ago, by copying the UI elements of Apple’s iPhone handset. And yet, it happened again with the new icons for Samsung Pass, the new biometric “identity management as-a-service” tool.
The facial recognition icon, second from the left, is almost identical to Apple’s Face ID logo, which was originally based on the Macintosh logo from way back in the 1980s.
Whether this will raise the ire of Apple’s typically keen team of intellectual property lawyers remains to be be seen. Apple has the Face ID logo trademarked and, given Samsung’s design refers to exactly the same type of technology, a court might see Samsung’s presentation as an infringement.
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