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Prior art and obviousness
Prior art and obviousness
Posted Apr 25, 2007 19:39 UTC (Wed) by pbardet (subscriber, #22762)In reply to: Prior art and obviousness by filker0
Parent article: Apple sued over vague user interface patent (ars technica)
Yeah, but you didn't have to click to change those UIs. It's the invention of the click that makes the big difference ;-)
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Prior art and obviousness
Posted Apr 26, 2007 14:26 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]
It's the invention of the click that makes the big difference ;-)Yes, but don't forget -- amazon.com has a patent on the click! Of course that's specifically on a *single* click for ordering purposes, but the software patent situation has become so absurd that one has to be careful about how and where one clicks.