“On Monday an avalanche of revised iOS 7 icons surfaced at the US Patent and Trademark Office followed by another big round on Tuesday,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“To end off the week just right, USPTO published two more of Apple’s iOS 7 Icons trademark filings for Photos and Game Center,” Purcher reports. “In between times, the Canadian IP Office published five more black and white iOS 7 icons that many Apple fans really liked.”
Purcher reports, “And lastly, Hong Kong’s IP Office granted Apple a new MacBook Pro related design patent.”
Read more, and see Apple’s icon and patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
The new iOS 7 is designed for making Apple competitors harder to copy Apple .
Apple has nothing to worry about. With or without the patents.
I love those black and white icons
Apple’s new business now is to sue people for using their crappy iOS 7 icons. But first they have to patent those crappy icons in the first place. Those icons are horrendous; only the tasteless and blind would want to copy them.
Nothing better to do on a Saturday morning than troll? Sad life you lead.
Crappy because you could not copy them?.
Some of the icons are good but there’s no need to copywrite the safari icon. Not a chance in hell of anyone copying that
And Samsung business is copying Apple design.
Please buy original.. not the imitation.
So, Samsung is tastless and blind?
You said: “Only the tasteless and blind would want to copy them.” Yet that describes Samsung perfectly. So what’s your point?
Agreed. No one will copy these skinny, hard to see, tasteless, bland, flat, done before (Ex: camera) icons.
So anonymous coward ‘Patenting crap’. The obvious question is: So what are YOUR superior designs?
Criticism has two parts:
1) The evaluation.
2) The providing of suggested superior alternatives.
We’re read your #1. Typical troll urine. How about landing your #2 on us?
Everyone duck!
Huh. I thought we weren’t suppose to worry about the tacky icons shown off during the keynote as they were only early alphas that were going to change before golden master?
Sorry, but the Emperor is buck naked!
Sorry for the sttutter.
Huh. I thought we weren’t suppose to worry about the tacky icons shown off during the keynote as they were only early alphas that were going to change before golden master? Looks like they WERE the final ones; in all their day-glo, pastel, hello-kitty glory!
Sorry, but the Emperor is buck naked!
Poor Samsung. Lol.
I wouldn’t be surprised if GameCenter was redesigned before release: It’s the only icon with “shine” on it. Not flat at all!
The worse Apple icon is 2X better than most android icons that are drawn with kiddy crayons by kindergarten students at Google’s daycare center!
Jony is so remarkable and a genius at industrial design with no equal.
That said, visual design, not so much. If he worked for a world class graphics design firm he would be taken to task for inconsistency in design.
Examples:
Game Center: The last remaining skeuomorphism design ala Steve’s vision and personal taste in art. Three dimensional bubbles, highlights, mid tones, transparency and edge shadows in rainbow colors. Tim’s fav? Far out, man.
Photos: Flatter, but retains some 3D using transparency in rainbow colors.
Maps: Skeuomorphism flat lite.
Mail, Phone, iTunes, Messages, FaceTime: Outlines with a gradient background.
Photos: Outlines with no color.
Music: Outlines with color.
So, all over the visual style guide map and Apple should do better.
Spot on Mr GoeB
Thanks, grizz.
The staunchest backers in the Mac community for decades have always been graphic artists and designers. I’m surprised more of them do not point out the various style approaches?
iOS7 icons will come in what looks like 5-6 different styles. World class designers select an approach and apply the same style to all icons for CONSISTENCY of design. Example: Skeuomorphism used ONE dimensional style for all Apple apps.
The only exception arrived with an iOS upgrade that changed the recording icon (Skeuomorphism) to white outlines on a blue background. I scratched my head at the time wondering why, but now we know where they are headed.
Would be great if Apple allow users choice of icons. At upgrade time, simply offer two buttons, classic look or iOS7 look. The power of choice to customize our personal devices. Imagine that … leaves a good taste (of art) in everyone’s mouth. 🙂
Correction and apologies.
“Photos: Outlines with no color.”
Should have read Camera: Outlines with no color.
Why haven’t you applied for a job with Jony’s staff if you are so talented?
Are you talkin’ to me?
So what’s the smarter thing to do?
A) Patent your designs in China before manufacture? (Expect immediate ripoff and China’s ‘legal’ system enablement there of).
B) Don’t patent your stuff in China until time of manufacture? (Expect immediate ripoff…)
C) Never patent your stuff in China? (What’s the point? It’s only going to ripped off by Chinese spies at wherever…)
I choose B.
Other thoughts?
…And the same likely applies to trademarks. Apple certainly got screwed over by China after ‘legally’ buying the ‘iPad’ trademark for mainland China. That entire debacle was nothing more than fraud by way of scammer Proview in collaboration with the crap Chinese ‘legal’ system.
I’m curious. Why would they file black and white icons unless they have a need for black and white icons. Did they do this with the previous icons? Do they have a device up their sleeve that will use black and white icons. I imagine a watch with an e-ink type display might need these. Though I’m not sure why I would want to view photos on an e-ink display. Could be a smoke screen as well. I guess time will tell.
The maps icon change is interesting and i haven,t seen it posted anywhere what the is. It’s changing to show the new headquarters of Apple the Spaceship campus. For someone leaving the spaceship campus this would be the way to the 280 freeway. The old maps (current) shows 1 Infinte Loop.
Sorry for the grammar. It’s late and I shouldn’t post without proofing.
Very good.