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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 21 2013 @ 01:17 PM EDT |
... I'd suggest that the more serious cases have disciplinary measures
applied to the "drafter of the patent" - nowadays, the problem cases appear to
be written by the Lawyer!
So long as there is no line where the Lawyer
crossing can get in trouble - there's nothing preventing the Lawyers from even
abusing the Patent Examiner.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 21 2013 @ 02:48 PM EDT |
They claimed rounded corners on a TABLET COMPUTER!
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- Sorry - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 21 2013 @ 03:45 PM EDT
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| Authored by: Wol on Friday, June 21 2013 @ 04:45 PM EDT |
That rounded corners patent was both VALID and REASONABLE. Because it ws a
DESIGN patent, and as such is NOT supposed to be a "novel invention" -
in fact, it is not supposed to be an invention at all!
In any sane legal jurisdiction, if Apple tries to assert that patent in the way
they allegedly have, the Judge's reaction SHOULD be "hey, you're trying to
assert a design patent as if it were a utility patent. Do you want to be
sanctioned as a vexatious litigant?"
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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