On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:31:15 +0200, Oscar Hsieh <[email protected]> wrote:
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,
The problem is how "pinch to zoom" can be treated as "art" (well, it's not
a machine, a manufacture nor a composition of matter).
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.
Which is the one I wouldn't criticize (I reckon that original look & feel
shouldn't be copied), but if I'm not wrong Apple lost on this.
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