When is apple gonna go after ihop? Or did they already?
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Lmao. Don't give them the idea!
When is apple gonna go after ihop? Or did they already?
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The patent laws DO need to reformed. Patents on shapes is TOTALLY out-of-the-question. Samsung would've probably won if they came stronger in defense methods , but Apple won. Now , I can guarantee that more lawsuits will come from Apple , and more corruption by companies reading between the line in laws.
Myself and several others have mentioned that this whole thing could have and should have been avoided if the patent office wasn't broken and was actually doing their job. How can you grant a loosely worded patent on a concept you didn't create, just find another use for, and was prior art? These patents are so loosely worded that it is imo entrapment. This is going to be hurtful to innovation, and is an attempt to kill off any and all competition. I say it is going to hurt innovation because with how broad and loosely worded these patents are, by the time a company comes up with a new innovation, Apple is going to find a way to say that it infringes on one of their sham patents.
That does not mean the patent law needs to be reformed. It means you need to actually learn something about patent laws.
As a point of clarification, people have been patenting design elements such as shapes for more than a century. All one needs to do, ironically, is go to Google Patents to demonstrate that fact. There are reasons why, for instance, no one copies coca cola's hobble skirt bottle. The various forms were patented decades ago and the associated labeling is trademarked. People have also regularly patented ideas that have never become actual products for equally long. Like other archaeologists, I do patent searches from time to identify artifacts for historic sites. One might be surprised at the array of items, design elements, and design concepts that have been patented.
People who express their indignation over patenting rules really should just do some very basic homework. The system has worked for over a century. Is it perfect? No it is not. I would still prefer, however, that ideas are protected so that corporations cannot just raid things that have long been defined as intellectual property whenever it is convenient. Neither consumers nor innovators are protected when there are no rules. It is a balancing act but it still works more than it doesn't.
I mostly agree with you, but there is such a thing in patent law called "obvious in the industry" basically meaning that you can't create a patent that prevents anyone else from doing something if that's the only way to do it. I believe "making a phone a rectangle" would fall under that category. Personally, I don't want a triangular or spherical cell phone![]()
Are you saying that only an uninformed person could want patent law reform? I would wager there are many highly informed people who would advocate for reform, or reevaluation of the current laws, or, at very least, see the benefits of an open discussion and dialogue regarding how the current system might be improved. Especially if such discussions didn't involve childish insults.
I mostly agree with you, but there is such a thing in patent law called "obvious in the industry" basically meaning that you can't create a patent that prevents anyone else from doing something if that's the only way to do it. I believe "making a phone a rectangle" would fall under that category. Personally, I don't want a triangular or spherical cell phone![]()
I doubt the mobile device section from Sammy will become stagnant, and if it does....who is this article writer to care, is obvious he is a apple fan.....where the iPhone has been stagnant for the last 3-4 years! And yet with a slight improvement people think apple recreated the phone again with each stagnant installment.
Over the last two plus years, sammy is the one that seems to be pushing mobile tech, apple or android fans alike can all agree to that
Apple is lazy and their products prove they only want to produce what they want customers to want, I truly believe the lawsuits with Samsung are not over slight copying with improvements.....which in my views are ok.......Apple just doesn't want to give customers what they want or might want after seeing features implemented in android.
Blind customers will stay loyal, while customers that have their eyes opened to possibilities will tend to stay away.
our society is gotten into a super fast paced world of wants and change....Apple isn't ready for that much time and effort to be placed into their products