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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 27 2012 @ 04:01 PM EDT |
| Their corporate person should be thrown in jail for this blatant theft. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: stegu on Monday, August 27 2012 @ 04:19 PM EDT |
But that is not "on a smartphone" or "on a touchscreen".
Considering how the USPTO seems to grant new patents for
old and well known methods as long as they are performed
"on a computer", I am not sure this would count as prior
art to the patent office. It should, but it might not.
Remember how Apple made a mockery of the DiamondTouch
table display that Samsung brought before the court?
They said that it could not constitute prior art because
"you would have a hard time putting that in your pocket".
My blood boiled when I read that. Smoke and mirrors,
and a spinning dance to confuse the jury.
I'm surprised nobody has patented the icon, the cursor
and even the pixel, only now - amazingly - on a smartphone
touchscreen. Magic. How on Earth did someone ever
come up with such a brilliant idea? Imagine what effort
it must have taken, and how much money they deserve
to make to turn a profit on that huge R&D investment.
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