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Yes, in 1995 it was new.
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 01:06 PM EDT
"Yes, they invented it 18 years ago. Yes they want a patent on it.
Apparently,
by it wide adoption, it must be a pretty big boon to mankind. Yet no one had
ever done it before. They invented it and were entitled to a patent for
it."

No it wasn't new in 1995. Dropdown lists have been around, at least since the
80s and probably since the 70s. I've used plenty of programs that had dropdown
lists before 1995.

That's pretty sad when you think about it. Apple was patenting other people's
inventions, at least as far back as 1995. So this "evil empire" thing
didn't just start.

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Yes, in 1995 it was new.
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 04:48 PM EDT
Even if it was new, and revolutionary, and 1995. And even if they are entitled
to a patent on it. Then still you have to agree that this is not what the patent
system was designed for.

It didn't take them millions of dollars and years of research to come up with
this. They do not have expensive and extensive research that they need to recoup
from a patent.

This cannot have been anything but a morning brainstorm session, let's see how
do we do this. Sure it's smart, but anyone 'skilled in the art' would come up
with this if they were working on the first device with a touchscreen and no
keys.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

How does making a machine infringe on a method? ...nt
Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 03:57 AM EDT
.

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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid!

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