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Apple's patent attackApple's patent attackPosted Mar 8, 2010 12:25 UTC (Mon) by rwmj (subscriber, #5474)In reply to: Apple's patent attack by michaeljt Parent article: Apple's patent attack
Why though? I mean, take "#7,657,849: Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image." There are several physical devices where you have to move or slide a (physical) knob in order to unlock the device. This patent just describes the same thing, done in images on a computer screen. This is just physical affordances translated to the computer screen, in the same way that patenting "online" auctions is not novel because they have existed for centuries "offline". Why should we have to deny ourselves obvious techniques like that? We should keep using them and get rid of obvious software patents instead.
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Apple's patent attack Posted Mar 8, 2010 13:32 UTC (Mon) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183) [Link]
The reasoning behind what he had to say was that proving a patent invalid is very hard and
expensive, even if it is trivial to see it.
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