Seems they are trying patent filters based on the context of the map displayed (commuting, weather etc...).
Then, if one touches a map in two places calculate a route between the points one touches. Neither of which passes the 'obviousness' test ... in my opinion Regards, Jeff Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2013, at 6:01 PM, Mateusz Loskot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brent, > > On 21 December 2013 21:55, Brent Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> - they are not patenting the touchscreen as a new patentable innovation, >> they are patenting the adaptation of a single existing operation to the new >> technology. > > Yes, I understand and the difference is clear here, during our conversation, > but the clarity disappears as soon as we switch to the twisted reality > of patents, > where lawyer militants are willing to fight even for unreal or hopeless cases. > > My point is, we won't be able to prove X is an extension of existing Y > and X is not a new unique invention. > > Let's assume patents in mathematics are allowed and Brahmagupta > obtained one for arithmetic methods; then al-Khwarizmi makes submission > to patent algebra: a new technology for old subject - numbers. > Now we have technology to work "with numbers" vs one to work "about > numbers" [1], > I bet lawyers would love such case arguing that the latter is not > a new technology, but adaptation of the former. > > [1] http://profkeithdevlin.org/2011/11/20/what-is-algebra/ > > > Regardless, perhaps, Apple is realising it is close to collapse ;-) > as per the theory that > > "(...) continuous cycle of innovation that is necessary in > order to sustain growth and avoid collapse. The catch, however, to this > is that you have to innovate faster and faster and faster." [2] > > [2] > http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations.html > > Best regards, > -- > Mateusz Ĺoskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
