And what about Europe?

j.

On 19 Jul 2011 20:18, "Casper Bang" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I used to see the engineering and technology field as a pure and
> passionate area, unspoiled by politics and lawyers. Now I know I was
> just young and naive.
>
> On Jul 19, 8:30 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote:
>> More information
>> here:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-deals-massive-patent-blow-to...
>>
>> The way I read it, the patent involved applies to everything from phones
to
>> MP3 players to computers to more. i.e. the usual completely ridiculous US
>> Patent System is easily abused problem. Hopefully a saner judge will
prevail
>> in an appeal.
>>
>> NB: ZDNet article quotes Florian Mueller a lot, who isn't known as a
>> particularly reliable source; sensationalist headlines and an extremely
>> pro-apple outlook are his usual mode.
>>
>> NB2: While you really should read the full thing, to give you a taste,
one
>> of the two patents involved has the following summary: "A system and
method
>> causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified
in
>> computer data.". Well, oops. I better delete every piece of software I
ever
>> wrote, then, I guess.
>
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