Samsung hit with US$11.6m bill after smartwatch faces copied Omega, Tissot and other Swatch Group brands

The award follows a long-running dispute over third-party smartwatch apps that mimicked the designs and branding of Swatch-owned names including Omega, Breguet, Blancpain, Longines and Tissot, according to the Financial Times .

The ruling turns what might appear to be a dispute over downloadable graphics into a much broader argument about the value of luxury brands inside digital marketplaces — and the responsibility of the platforms that distribute them.

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