Calm down. Current patent law is originated from Patent Act of 1793 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That when any person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of the United States, shall allege that he or they have invented any new and useful art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, not known or used before the application, and shall present a petition to the Secretary of State, http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/lipa/patents/Patent_Act_of_1793.pdf The Act is written by Thomas Jefferson himself, hardly an idiot. The problem here is with Software Patent, which tent to evolve much faster than other. Also large part of the lawsuit is Trade Dress ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress), which is about the look and feel of the device. On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]>wrote: > Since when are laws concerning IP making much sense ? Since when is the > law a synonym for justice ? That must be a long time ago now... > > Absurd yes - but it's Legal Absurdity. And therefore, if they don't comply > to The Law, they're criminals. And will be punished. But if they comply, > they'll pay $1bn. And will be punished too. Nice, this Legal Injustice. > > But to be honest, didn't *we* elect those idiots voting those absurd laws > ? So maybe the law is such a mess because we'd rather not use our brains at > the election. > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Oracle case: Can you write a library that provides compatibility with >> someone else's library? >> >> Samsung case: Can you copy your competitor's handling of finger-to-screen >> events? >> >> The Oracle case was clearly more relevant to programmers. >> On Aug 25, 2012 4:07 AM, "Fabrizio Giudici" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I completely fail to understand why we (and the rest of the blogosphere) >>> have spent hundreds of emails discussing the Oracle vs Google suite, as >>> something that could menace Android and thus the freedom to innovate, while >>> almost nothing has been said about the Apple vs Samsung, which is just a >>> proxy for Apple vs Google. BTW, Oracle has lost (at least the first round) >>> challenging on technical stuff, I mean something related to the >>> *implementation* of a VM, Apple has won on "pinch to zoom", which is 100x >>> absurd. My only explanation is a prejudice against Oracle (added to a >>> previous prejudice against Sun), which seems much stronger than the >>> prejudice against Apple. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >>> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." >>> [email protected] >>> http://tidalwave.it - http://fabriziogiudici.it >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscribe@** >>> googlegroups.com <javaposse%[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
