📊 Industry Moves
A UK court ordered Samsung to pay $11.6 million to Swatch Group over third-party Galaxy Watch watchfaces that copied Omega, Tissot, and Longines designs. The ruling is first-instance and appealable, but expect the Galaxy Store to pull these knockoff faces, so any you’ve installed may vanish with your next update.
Marty’s Take:
Samsung’s $11.6M loss isn’t really about watch faces, it’s about what “curated app store” means on a wearable OS. Galaxy Watch’s marketplace let counterfeit Omega and Tissot skins through, and Samsung only paid up after getting caught in court. If you care about software integrity on your wrist, that’s a data point worth weighing when you compare platforms in our best fitness tracker guide.
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Source: Business Insider Africa
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