RE: Apple Granted Broad Design Patent For MacBook Air

mhenriday — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:41:00 GMT

The Greeks - and the Sumerians, the Egyptians, theIndians, and, not least, the Chinese....

Henri

RE: Apple Granted Broad Design Patent For MacBook Air

mhenriday — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:59:13 GMT

Well, Dave, if here in Europe Apple can register a rectangle with rounded corners as the company's proprietary design at the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union, it should certainly be able to protect its «intellectual property» in a «wedge-shaped design» by patenting it courtesy of the US patent Office. Of course, these variations on the Platonic solids were in use centuries, if not millennia before the time of the Greek philospher (when it comes to «wedge-shaped designs» they were employed in hand axes as early as 1.6 million years ago - those early hominids can regard themselves as fortunate that they are no longer around to be sued by Apple lawyers for not paying license fees), but what difference does prior art make when «intellectual property» is being «defended» in a patent system gone awry....

Henri

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RE: Apple Granted Broad Design Patent For MacBook Air

RE: Apple Granted Broad Design Patent For MacBook Air