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> The last patent Jobs applied for was the dramatic glass cube for the entrance to the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York A patent for a glass

> The last patent Jobs applied for was the dramatic glass cube for the entrance to the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York A patent for a glass cube! https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/28/89/c3/fd8ac1d1c08413/USD712067.pdf https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/28/89/c3/fd8ac1d...

froh 3y ago
a design patent that is.
onetimeuse92304 3y ago
When you learn to patent ideas every idea looks like a patentable idea...
- shapefrog 3y ago
  You should patent that process.
- wslh 3y ago
  I would say something similar: it is very tempting to patent stuff when you can just trigger a whole patenting process with a single email or message.
  - onetimeuse92304 3y ago
    Exactly. I don't say it is not possible for somebody to have 400 original patents, but I think it is incompatible with also having a full time job as a CEO of a large company if you had to do them yourself. Also it is worth noting that ideas are a dime a dozen. Years ago I red Getting Things Done by David Allen and I set up my GTD system in Ultra Recall. Since then, I had the idea for the best personal information management system ever. Too bad, I carried the idea with me for too long and never executed on it. Recently I discovered that somebody had very similar idea and the application is called Notion. See, it does not matter if you have an idea, it only has any worth if you can also execute on it.
    - swyx 3y ago
      in what way is Notion “the best personal information management system ever”?
      - mgkimsal 3y ago
        I certainly don't think notion is the best, but the poster possibly thinks notion aligns with their earlier vision and what they consider "the best".
throw0101a 3y ago
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design_right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design_right
- MrRolleyes 3y ago
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jug 3y ago
May sound ridiculous but still needs to be done to protect their identity from less reputable ripoffs that may otherwise just intentionally and exactly clone the design.
- progbits 3y ago
  > needs to be done No it doesn't.
  - boesboes 3y ago
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- Ukv 3y ago
  To my understanding, trademark law should already "protect their identity" by preventing use of their logo, and copyright law would already prohibit an "intentional and exact clone". A patent differs in that it counts as infringement even if you can prove you came up with it totally independently, having never seen Apple's particular glass cube. With the large caveat that I'm not an expert on IP law, I do feel like a lot of allowed patents have a net negative value to society.
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- beepbooptheory 3y ago
  The glass cube that was in Steve Job's mind must be protected!
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kwanbix 3y ago
Absolutely ridiculous.
- rchaud 3y ago
  Patently absurd, even
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froh 3y ago

a design patent that is.

onetimeuse92304 3y ago

When you learn to patent ideas every idea looks like a patentable idea...

shapefrog 3y ago
You should patent that process.
wslh 3y ago
I would say something similar: it is very tempting to patent stuff when you can just trigger a whole patenting process with a single email or message.
- onetimeuse92304 3y ago
  Exactly. I don't say it is not possible for somebody to have 400 original patents, but I think it is incompatible with also having a full time job as a CEO of a large company if you had to do them yourself. Also it is worth noting that ideas are a dime a dozen. Years ago I red Getting Things Done by David Allen and I set up my GTD system in Ultra Recall. Since then, I had the idea for the best personal information management system ever. Too bad, I carried the idea with me for too long and never executed on it. Recently I discovered that somebody had very similar idea and the application is called Notion. See, it does not matter if you have an idea, it only has any worth if you can also execute on it.
  - swyx 3y ago
    in what way is Notion “the best personal information management system ever”?
    - mgkimsal 3y ago
      I certainly don't think notion is the best, but the poster possibly thinks notion aligns with their earlier vision and what they consider "the best".

throw0101a 3y ago

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design_right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design_right

MrRolleyes 3y ago
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jug 3y ago

May sound ridiculous but still needs to be done to protect their identity from less reputable ripoffs that may otherwise just intentionally and exactly clone the design.

progbits 3y ago
> needs to be done No it doesn't.
- boesboes 3y ago
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Ukv 3y ago
To my understanding, trademark law should already "protect their identity" by preventing use of their logo, and copyright law would already prohibit an "intentional and exact clone". A patent differs in that it counts as infringement even if you can prove you came up with it totally independently, having never seen Apple's particular glass cube. With the large caveat that I'm not an expert on IP law, I do feel like a lot of allowed patents have a net negative value to society.
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beepbooptheory 3y ago
The glass cube that was in Steve Job's mind must be protected!

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kwanbix 3y ago

Absolutely ridiculous.

rchaud 3y ago
Patently absurd, even

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