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Quote: Originally Posted by jazzguru Android is a competitor with iOS, is it not? The thing is, I don't see how this article can be logically interpreted as anything but positive for Android and negative for iOS. 100% of iOS…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I'm divided on Google's efforts. On the one hand, I like that they have promoted much better software in such a big way with their search engine monopoly but on the other hand, I don't like how they'v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius And again, what do you have to hide? I don't know why so many people cling to this question as if it actually implies a meaningful argument. One of the main purposes of privacy is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Apple did the entire world at launch. It took Google years to include even half of that. I'd venture that Apple has a lower percentage of inaccuracy than Google Maps. This article is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta What a stupid argument. The right to drive a car is an artificial construct too. Let's take away your right to drive (starting when you finally turn 16). Better yet, money is an artificial const…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX That wasn't multitouch. If the first iPhone had shipped with only register point it would have failed because it's utility and therefore user experience would have been severely crippled. …
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Quote: The existing multitouch capacitance displays? And what consumer devices had this before the iPhone? "I think 2006 was a big year in development. People don't realise this but the first capacitive touchscreen phone to market wasn'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta What Apple's lawyers attempt to do doesn't change what the patent says. So Apple's lawyers are wrong?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Judgementday What if the software was used to keep you alive I would say this would be an argument against IP. You become dependent on a piece of technology. You bought it and own the matter which …
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips That was my thought. One has to assume Apple were having meetings with Audience and listening to their proposals during the same period and chose who they thought were best. It most likely m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iang1234 This is an interesting talk about intelectual property protection in other industries (not just software or pharma) http://blog.ted.com/2010/05/25/lessons_from_fa/ That's a really intere…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iang1234 This is an interesting talk about intelectual property protection in other industries (not just software or pharma) http://blog.ted.com/2010/05/25/lessons_from_fa/ That's a reall…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich The fact is that Carmack holds a number of patents that has enabled him and his company to become very rich. I doubt he complains about that. If that is true, can you please p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cpsro How is that relevant? Patents are not supposed to be issued for obvious methods. Without getting into a debate that I'm not really equipped to get into, I want to at least point out two things…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slang4Art That's why patents are important, versus say, trademarks. I'm not quite sure I understand your response? What John Carmack is saying is that, at least in this case, the patent would…
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"The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I'm sorry, you… can't believe this. Why not? I'm under the impression that this case is about the design/customer impression of the look of the product. A digital picture fr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Since patents are supposed to be protection of an implementation of an idea (not the idea itself) and software, by definition, is an implementation, it seems like that would be valid… …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil So people shouldn't be able to protect the ideas they have? What sort of world is that? I'm not sure. It doesn't really exist, so I couldn't tell you. That is why it is just my b…