Den 30. aug. 2012 kl. 18:06 skrev William Robb: > On 30/08/2012 2:24 AM, DagT wrote: >> >> >> Den 30. aug. 2012 kl. 09:35 skrev Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com>: >> >>> >>> 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 >> >> If he was right it would be stupid, but Bill has obviuosly neither seen the >> patents nor the court decision but base his statement on popular belief. >> Which is not a good base for his arguments. >> > > I do know something of precedent law, and the broad strokes that it will > sometimes paint with. Allowing a company to patent the shape of a product is > dangerous because that precedent can then be applied to other products (cars, > toothbrushes, microwave ovens, etc)
I think at least you shouldn´t mix utility patents and design patents. They represent two very different things, different laws. In this case we are talking about three different software patents and four design patents. The latter has nothing to do with software or how it works. Only with design, how it looks. http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/25/breaking-down-apples-1-billion-courtroom-victory-over-samsung/ DagT -- 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.
