Apple Patents All Unlock Gestures.
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How the hell is it possible to patent ideas? Isn't it only possible to patent a specific implementation?
So with a system such as Android.. you can download a lockscreen from the market right?
Such as: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy53aWRnZXRsb2NrZXIiXQ..
For example.
Will the patent stop this?
It would be hilarious to see apple after all their hard work be foiled by a simple download from the android market.
Such as: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy53aWRnZXRsb2NrZXIiXQ..
For example.
Will the patent stop this?
It would be hilarious to see apple after all their hard work be foiled by a simple download from the android market.
A Farscape and Galactica reference in one post? Christ, if you had managed to throw in a Firefly reference for good measure you'd be my new best friend.Broken Blade said:
But seriously, the American patent system is completely broken and has been for years. The system at this point needs to be completely dismantled and rebuilt because it simply doesn't work. Especially when patents are granted which cover things that a company didn't invent and has never used, but which are in use by other companies.
Who the hell cares? Your post is still awesome!Signa said:
Careful. Apple have a strangle-hold on the term "Genius" you know. It may have been patented also.Jayyy said:
Nevermind those Mac geniuses have no idea how to end "cat /dev/urandom" without freaking out.
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This has to be some kind of hoax. Otherwise Apple have just patented the touchscreen. Have I, the US patent office, or the world gone mad?
The patent office no longer receives federal funding, so they will patent just about anything for a fee.
Oh, sorry, how could I forget Firefly? Um? okay, I've got it. I swear by my pretty little bonnet that crazy stuff like this will be the end of me. There that should fix my mistake.Vivi22 said:
And does anyone remember when you had to be SMART to work in a patent office? Like, say, Albert Einstein smart? For that matter, the whole copyright and trademark thing is screwed up, with it getting to the point that companies can rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing for violating their "intellectual property," and if we're very, very lucky, they won't charge us a fee for services rendered. But that's a needlessly complicated matter for another time.
He certainly isn't a smeg-head.Vivi22 said:
Historically, the solution has been torches, pitchforks, axes, tar, and pikes. There's gotta be enough spiky bits on that fence outside the white house to accommodate the heads of the entire Congress, right?Braedan said:
We could even, after tarring the heads and putting them on pikes, stick ipod earbuds in their ears and make it look like one of those silhouette ads. iPike.
As some people have pointed out Apple didn't do it first. Also there has to be the test of inventiveness vs obviousness. Personally if your major design constraint is 'Use the touchscreen and only the touchscreen lest thee face my wrath - Steve' then putting the unlock feature on the touchscreen is pretty obvious. Of course I could just be a freaking genius to see that link so easily.Jadak said:
Defensive? I'm sure Samsung and HTC would agree with you. I mean its not like Apple have ever used their (overly broad) IP offensively....oh wait they have.timithy4569 said:
Now considering the s**tstorm that tech blogs are having its entirely possible that they will never use in court for fear of it being struck down. That doesn't mean they wont use it in back room intimidation deals to pad the count. Of course I could be underestimating the hubris of Apple and they may very well bring it to court - where if all is right in the world it'll be struck down.
It doesn't seem effective
I see your point, but if I owned a smartphone company, I wouldn't be very threatened. But I would still have a bunch of lawyers throw a fit. But I really don't think this news is very important. I mean, someone was likely going to pick up the patent. Apple definitely has the power to bring people to court and can bring it up in "backdoor dealing"(We don't have to worry about unlock feature playing a huge part. It's a lot shadier than that)Plenty of other companies also have iffy patents like apple. But anyways, even if Apple somehow won in court against another company, they can just make a new opening screen. It might cause companies to make a better opener screen, and we all win.Sphinx86 said:
Cadbury trademarked "the colour purple" (that's actually a range of colours, but anyway), it only affects you if you're making confectionery, because the law required that the two products can be mistaken, but what Apple's doing is more like patenting the chocolate block.Dread Skavos said:
