Apple Wins A Patent For Rounded Corners

[kl0012]

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple...patent-2012-11

I would say that giving patents for geometric figures is a new word in Patent System.

[Lanek]

Specialist, say this patent is hardly usable in a court law... its even more pathetic the patent refer as prior art for this "round corners" to old devices ( some are from 1998 ) from HP, LG, Sony.

As they cant use the round corner form, because, too generic, they have need to be specific on the complete square dimensions + round corner, so on final they are too specific on their design, and any devices who dont meet this specific dimensions is impossible to attack. Too much generic in a way and at the same time too much specific on the other.

This + prior art origin described in the patent, bring completely unusable this patent in a law court.

[bearcatrp]

Total BS! Who did apple pay off for this crap?

[Eson]

Total BS! Who did apple pay off for this crap?

Probably US government, they got debs to pay.

[Sparky]

Apple abusing the patent system shouldn't be news to anyone. It is what they do best (well, next to suing everyone).

[kromosto]

this thing is going to far somebody with his right mind should say enough.

[Lanek]

Every body in USA technology, invention, know the patent system need to be reformed, this is nothing you, this make 10 years, many peoples are working arount that... sadly, it have never move in the right direction.

The patent system here is more prompt to protect the buizness right instead of the " Invention and intellectual propriety right" ..

[BMV]

Just from the name of the topic I can say:



No other words to describe this...
I guess you need to make profit wherever you can but really...

[Dimitriman]

Where's "occupy the patents office"?
Right... Occupy is done by apple fanboys...

[naokaji]

What goes around comes around...

Sony / Nokia owned company has patent on screen rotation,

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57...rotation-suit/