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Prior art and obviousness

Prior art and obviousness

Posted Apr 26, 2007 14:26 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137)
In reply to: Prior art and obviousness by pbardet
Parent article: Apple sued over vague user interface patent (ars technica)

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.


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