It’s a PR issue not a legal one.
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perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’m curious, what exactly is the problem with this? Does Apple have copyrights on the whole design or each individual visual element? Where would figma get in trouble if they left it working that way?
kinttach@lemm.ee 5 months ago
perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yah. ALl of this makes me think it’s crazy for a company like Figma to even try this. If the designs don’t steal from well known brand, people will say they suck. If they do steal, they get booed as well. Losing proposition, it seems to me.
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Apple has copyrights on the looks of every element, and patents on the way they interact.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I’m not a lawyer, I could imagine that a copyright claim for a specific app design is viable.
But in this case, it might also just be a case of avoiding bad press and bad blood with Apple.
conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 5 months ago
Could it be a fear of a software patent relating to the design? Back in the day Apple had one for swipe to unlock that prompted Android to use different patterns.