Motorola Accused of Copying LG's Design

Motorola Accused of Copying LGs Design
LG Electronics yesterday accused Motorola of cloning its slim clamshell phone called the KV2300.

LG, the world's fifth-largest cell phone maker, says Motorola, the runner-up player, copied the KV2300 to create its latest model, dubbed the KRZR K1m.

The KV2300 hit Korean shops in August while the KRZR K1m, the much anticipated successor to the phenomenally successful RAZR, is expected to debut here later this month.

"Our KV2300 is a flat, rectangular flip phone with high-gloss black finish, and the KRZR K1m is also a flat, rectangular flip phone with high-gloss black finish," LG spokesman Lee Hyoung-kun said.

"Both are equipped with 1.3-megapixel cameras and touch control keys in their fronts with strikingly similar arrangements.

In addition, their dimensions are almost identical," Lee said.

"At first glance, we recognized that the KRZR has adopted the concepts of our recent products that started with the Chocolate phone - simple clamshell models armed with touch-sensitive keys,'' Lee said.

"We don't think Motorola intentionally imitated the look of the KV2300.

But we are very flattered that a company of such caliber followed our design policy," Lee continued.