I will grant they improved the form factor by making it slimmer. But...yea...our patent system is a mess.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > And a British judge laughed at the ridiculous patent. Time we fixed > our patent laws. > Apple did not improve the rectangle with rounded edges. They just patented it. > > . > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> http://www.productwiki.com/upload/images/verizon_xv6700_keyboard.jpg >> >> I had that phone long before the iPhone came out, Rectangular with >> rounded corners. >> >> Did Apple improve on that design? I would say 'yes'. >> Did they invent it? Umm...no. >> >> Apple did not 'innovate' the shape, they were just the first ones to >> be able to patent it. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354216 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
