Five@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoFigma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather Appwww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkFigma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather Appwww.404media.coFive@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 months agoApple has copyrights on the looks of every element, and patents on the way they interact. Aldo trademarks, but I doubt they apply in this case. Some patents may have expired (good thing they don’t last as long as copyrights), some they may not bother to defend (litigate) against small users. In this case, Figma’s AI seems to repeatedly follow Aple’s design too closely.
Apple has copyrights on the looks of every element, and patents on the way they interact. Aldo trademarks, but I doubt they apply in this case.
Some patents may have expired (good thing they don’t last as long as copyrights), some they may not bother to defend (litigate) against small users.
In this case, Figma’s AI seems to repeatedly follow Aple’s design too closely.