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Apple Lawyers intentionally misleading on LG Prada

Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 22 2012 @ 04:47 PM EDT

Since the day of the steamship when you patent something you
send out an armada of patent attorneys to sew up the patent
in every market you might make or sell the product.

Did LG patent any of the Prada features in the US? I suspect not.
Maybe they looked at the prior art and obviousness
and wisely decided to stay away.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

you cannot legally patent the idea in the US.

Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, August 22 2012 @ 04:56 PM EDT

Actually, you can.

Any prior art, not legally obtainable in the US, cannot be used against a US
patent. (Or something like that, anyway.) That's how they patented neem seed.
And Basmati rice. And loads of other stuff. Edison was quite good at that ...

Somebody read the US patent act and reported it here on Groklaw, and yes it IS
very easy to take someone else's idea from somewhere else in the world, and
patent it to yourself in the US. All nice and legal.

Cheers,
Wol

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