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If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)Posted Feb 27, 2012 1:03 UTC (Mon) by dag- (subscriber, #30207)In reply to: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) by wookey Parent article: If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica)
Wouldn't it be stealing if you take the idea of someone else, and then implement and patent the implementation to make it hard for others to implement the same idea ?
Maybe we need another word for this, maybe *murder* is a better word. They *murdered* ideas they learned from someone else. Happy now ?
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If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) Posted Feb 27, 2012 8:38 UTC (Mon) by blujay (guest, #39961) [Link]
No, it wouldn't be stealing--it would be immoral (the patenting of it), but not stealing. Ideas cannot be stolen--they can only be discovered, shared, or kept secret.
I think that "kidnapped" might be the most apt term for what you described.
If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) Posted Feb 27, 2012 11:55 UTC (Mon) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link] Fun fact: the method you just described was patented by Halliburton.
If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone (ars technica) Posted Feb 27, 2012 20:41 UTC (Mon) by karthik_s1 (subscriber, #60525) [Link]
I think that patent(if awarded) could be invalidated by showing prior art.
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