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Well, imagine apple puts all information necessary to build an iPhone into a patent. Then Samsung builds a phone identical to the iPhone, except it's green. If
by ikeboy 11y ago
Well, imagine apple puts all information necessary to build an iPhone into a patent. Then Samsung builds a phone identical to the iPhone, except it's green. If the patent specifically mentioned black, gold, but not green, then a green phone might not infringe.
My point is that too specific can also be a drawback.
- nitrogen 11y agoToo specific is only a drawback to the patent holder. And a single-patent iPhone patent would cost a fortune to file anyway. Having overly specific patents is not remotely a drawback to the rest of us.
- ikeboy 11y agoIf apple is discouraged from inventing an iPhone because they won't be able to defend the patent against minor changes, that's a loss to society. If you concede that patents in general are good, then you should also agree that sometimes, it's better for a patent to be general.
- nitrogen 11y agoI'm more in the "everything is a remix" camp, at least as far as software and design patents are concerned. If Apple didn't create the iPhone, someone else would have made something similar.