On Aug 27, 2012, at 19:47 , William Robb wrote: > On 27/08/2012 6:55 PM, Tom C wrote: >> > >> What I'm against is a world where we only have Fords, Apple iPads, >> Apple smart phones, Samsung TV's, Frigidaire refrigerators,,, you get >> my drift, to choose from, and from what I can see that's the kind of >> world Apple would like it to be. > > Precedent law would say that the first company to patent the 3 box car design > will have the market in sedans and coupes to themselves, and if the are smart > they could patent the pick up truck shape and be the only car maker allowed > to sell vehicles in the USA. > That's how stupid allowing Apple to patent the rectangle with rounded corner > shape is.
It's not 'stupid' if the shape of the corners has a specific reason inherent to the functioning of the screen or the safety of the user. You can prick your fingers on sharp corners. Apple was trying to protect us from ourselves! :)))))))))))))) > We can only hope that it's Nissan or Toyota, and not one of the Big 3 that > gets to the patent office first, or we are guaranteed to have to live with > crappy vehicles forever. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” — Kevan Olesen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
