products smartphones mobile phones tablet computers website http www.goophoneshops.com goophone is a manufacturer of smartphones tablets and smart watches based in shenzhen china . the company earned notoriety for releasing counterfeit clones of popular high end smartphones such as the iphone 1 and samsung s galaxy s series 2 3 4 using off the shelf system on chips from mediatek 5 and the android operating system often with user interfaces made to resemble the devices they imitate . 6 contents 1 patent rights controversy 2 see also 3 external links 4 references patent rights controversy edit in 2012 goophone was reported to have filed a patent application for the goophone i5 a clone of apple s iphone 5 prior to the latter device s release . 7 the company even went so far as to threatening legal action against apple . 7 8 law professor robin feldman at uc hastings expressed concern over china s patent policy to which he stated that it allows this type of behavior in an email interview . 7 see also edit counterfeit consumer goods external links edit official website references edit hodgkins kelly 16 july 2014 . wico and goophone beat apple to market with android based iphone 6 clones . macrumors . retrieved 9 march 2015 . sherman joshua 3 march 2014 . just days after galaxy s5 launch goophone makes a knockoff . digital trends . retrieved 9 march 2015 . cooper daniel 26 february 2014 . goophone took just two days to rip off the galaxy s5 . engadget . retrieved 9 march 2015 . burgess rick 5 september 2012 . chinese company patents iphone 5 design may sue apple . techspot . retrieved 9 march 2015 . fingas jon 5 august 2013 . goophone and lg to offer first tri sim smartphones using mediatek chips . engadget . retrieved 9 march 2015 . esposito dom 24 july 2014 . hands on with a functional 4.7 inch iphone 6 clone w heavily detailed skinned version of android video . 9to5google . retrieved 9 march 2015 . a b c bonnington christina . chinese knockoff maker reportedly copies patents iphone 5 design . wired . retrieved 9 march 2015 . brownlee john 4 september 2012 . stupidfone claims to have already patented the next iphone s design will ban sales in china . cult of mac . retrieved 9 march 2015 . this mobile phone related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title goophone & oldid 727954483 categories android operating system devicessmartphonescounterfeitersmobile technology stubshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 05 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view