Apple pays Swiss rail $21mn over clock dispute

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US tech giant Apple has dished out 20 million Swiss francs ($A20.27 million) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission, a Swiss daily reported.

The company agreed in October to pay the lump sum so it could continue using SBB's Swiss-designed station clock face on its iPads and iPhones, the Tages-Anzeiger daily reported on its website, quoting several unnamed sources.

The rail operator's spokeswoman Patricia Claivaz told AFP in September SBB was preparing to meet with Apple to discuss why the company had begun using the famous clock on one of its new applications for iOS 6 without authorisation.

Source: http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/article.aspx?id=815211

 

[Exterminator]

wow,something Apple doesnt have a patent for........yet.Kudos to swiss rail

 

[HeffeD]

wow,something Apple doesnt have a patent for........yet.

Yeah, just give them time. I give it a few months until the lawsuit comes out that the design of the clock actually belongs to Apple, (rounded corners) and Swiss Rail owes Apple money.