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Quote: Originally Posted by Dabe If the issue is prior art regarding the design of a tablet computer, can these images be of any value when they show no functionality or capability beyond that of a flat-screen TV? Why not? The claim is that e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry Except that your original quote above clearly refers to representations of "inventions" being used to invalidate design patents, so it is not irrelevant. I assumed that your argument was that an invention had…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Menno But what samsung is trying to show is that the idea of "minimalist rectangle" design isn't something new. It's surprising they didn't include their own frame, the Star Trek Padd, or the 1994 digital newspaper c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry But maybe we need to be careful about the meaning of "invention" in this context. Back then this was not an invention - it had not been invented. It was just an imaginary future functionality. We're not t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And yet more people buy a two year old iPhone than any Android device. Go figure? It is easily the best cheap smartphone out there. No argument from me.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Too bad they can't. Android and the hardware designed around it are already too close to iOS and the iPhone design to get any closer; they're being sued already and people STILL hate them! And yet, mor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MissionGrey I was a best buy, near their new tablet display tables. I head some young adult say "sweet iPads" latter when I passed the display it was actualy the galaxy, it made me do a double take. The iPad booth was …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Santoanderson How can a non-functioning special effect from a forty year old movie be patented? Such a special effect cannot be patented. You can rest easy. And BTW, nobody who knows what they are talking about c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by starnyc Samsung could copy this form factor and avoid the apple suit, but the 10.1 tablet clearly infringes on Apple's trade dress Were the article about trade dress, you might have a point. But the article is abou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I'm pretty sure you are the one that didn't read the article. Hrmmmmm.......I read this: "Fictional or artistic representations of inventions can be used to invalidate design patents." (Emphasis …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple is expected to start selling the iPhone 5 simultaneously with three of the Big Four mobile operators in the USA, Sprint being reported to join AT&T and Verizon for a mid-October launch. Terse.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 The prior Samsung is citing is imaginary. It's a movie prop. How is that relevant to Samsung's claim?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody Yeah, I'm really starting to wonder about those Samsung lawyers. This is not "prior art" it's a fantasy product. Even if it were a render of a "concept" it wouldn't be prior art. It's not even clos…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zoetmb Just when I thought patent law couldn't get any more absurd. I've been posting for years that since you don't actually have to produce anything or describe exact methodology, I should have patented the "busines…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone I thought we had established that all smart phones cost about the same. Where is the 'top end' of which you speak? Maybe he's referring to the $49.00 3GS?
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Quote: Originally Posted by acslater017 Wow. I still remember when Steve Jobs said that their goal was to have 1% of the market. Seriously. They have a little over 5% already, way over his number.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil We're just silently laughing at you for not knowing anything about optics. No need to post the same, irrefutable arguments that you'll just ignore. I know quite well which factors make for a good camer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody Both sound hideous to me. I hope this is another erroneous rumour. I sure wouldn't buy anything like that. C'mon. Steve knows best. You'll slurp it up as soon as it is released. BTW, where are…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff Isn't there a commandment about that? coveting thy neighbors sexy phone? "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ... wife, nor his ass..." Nothing about his cool Android phone...
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It is precise, but only by incredibly low standards of precision. Any context is missing from the headline, so you may as well use a meter stick to measure the thickness of paper and call that precise and to th…