Korean cell company calls Motorola copycat

SEOUL, South Korea - LG Electronics, the South Korean electronics behemoth, has slammed Motorola accusing the latter of copying the KV2300 clamshell phone design. LG Electronics said that the newest model produced by Motorola, the KRZR K1m, is a straight copy of its KV2300 phone. Speaking to the media, LG spokesman Lee Hyoung-kun said, "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."Lee said that the touch control keys placed in front are very similar and added that both the phones are of the same dimension. "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 observed. “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 concluded that while they do not think that Motorola has intentionally copied the design, they were nonetheless "flattered that a company of such caliber followed our design policy".The KV2300 has been released in Korea in August and the KRZR K1m is expected to be released later this month.