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This is tired and uninformed, please just let it die. Apple was issued a design patent which is a real, common thing and is highly specific. It isn’t just pat

This is tired and uninformed, please just let it die. Apple was issued a design patent which is a real, common thing and is highly specific. It isn’t just patenting a roundrect and calling it a day.

kuschku 3y ago
Design patents, except for highly specific names and logos, shouldn't be a thing. Luckily the LEGO case has already shown that any design patent that even slightly affects functionality is automatically invalid.
account-5 3y ago
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- BenFranklin100 3y ago
  It wasn’t funny, the response was informative, and throwing around the term “fanboy’ is juvenile.
  - account-5 3y ago
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  - edm0nd 3y ago
    It was pretty funny and the fact you are getting offended just proves their point even more imo.
    - sircastor 3y ago
      The trouble with text is that it often does not have implied intent. There is no sarcasm font. And when people respond with “can’t you take a joke?” It comes off as dismissive at best, and trolling at worst. Not to mention that “it was just a joke” feels like a hail-Mary attempt to justify a comment that was poorly received.
- wruza 3y ago
  I didn’t know it’s a joke. I’ve heard about Samsung vs Apple long ago, but never learned how it resolved or if it was about just rounded corners. Probably because of ubiquitous and unmarked jokes like this one, combined with no research on my side. I’m not insulted, but I don’t get why people do that. It’s not far from trolls changing opinions on politics or society standards, just less harmful.
  - account-5 3y ago
    I was replying with a flippant joke to what I took to be a flippant remark/joke about the windows pointer not being "perfect" like Apple's pointer supposedly is. The fact the post I replied to garnered no similar criticism to my flippant remark shows more about the culture on HN than anything else. That seemingly being: critise everything but Apple, Apple is off limits unless you're hear to fawn over them. This is currently playing out on my karma. I've made similar flippant remarks/jokes about Google, Microsoft, Meta with no repucussions but god forbid I level some critism at apple!
    - rezonant 3y ago
      I wouldn't stress it. Your karma's not going to disappear because a few people can't take (or didn't like, or didn't get) your joke :-)
      - account-5 3y ago
        Haha, yeah I mentioned it more out of interest. My karma has fluctuated between ±10 since my initial comment. Currently about where I started. I genuinely find the phenomenon interesting, I've never really understood the blind loyalty apple endears in its fans.
    - stouset 3y ago
      Your flippant joke is ten years old, has certainly been made thousands of times on this site alone, and is based entirely upon a lack understanding of the issue it targets. At best it’s tired and overplayed. At worst it furthers misunderstanding. Maybe aim just a touch higher?
rezonant 3y ago
I dunno, looks like a rounded rectangle to me [1] Besides, if Apple was allowed to patent rounded rectangles more, they absolutely would. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rectangle-with-rounded-corners https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rec...

kuschku 3y ago

Design patents, except for highly specific names and logos, shouldn't be a thing. Luckily the LEGO case has already shown that any design patent that even slightly affects functionality is automatically invalid.

account-5 3y ago

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BenFranklin100 3y ago
It wasn’t funny, the response was informative, and throwing around the term “fanboy’ is juvenile.
- account-5 3y ago
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- edm0nd 3y ago
  It was pretty funny and the fact you are getting offended just proves their point even more imo.
  - sircastor 3y ago
    The trouble with text is that it often does not have implied intent. There is no sarcasm font. And when people respond with “can’t you take a joke?” It comes off as dismissive at best, and trolling at worst. Not to mention that “it was just a joke” feels like a hail-Mary attempt to justify a comment that was poorly received.
wruza 3y ago
I didn’t know it’s a joke. I’ve heard about Samsung vs Apple long ago, but never learned how it resolved or if it was about just rounded corners. Probably because of ubiquitous and unmarked jokes like this one, combined with no research on my side. I’m not insulted, but I don’t get why people do that. It’s not far from trolls changing opinions on politics or society standards, just less harmful.
- account-5 3y ago
  I was replying with a flippant joke to what I took to be a flippant remark/joke about the windows pointer not being "perfect" like Apple's pointer supposedly is. The fact the post I replied to garnered no similar criticism to my flippant remark shows more about the culture on HN than anything else. That seemingly being: critise everything but Apple, Apple is off limits unless you're hear to fawn over them. This is currently playing out on my karma. I've made similar flippant remarks/jokes about Google, Microsoft, Meta with no repucussions but god forbid I level some critism at apple!
  - rezonant 3y ago
    I wouldn't stress it. Your karma's not going to disappear because a few people can't take (or didn't like, or didn't get) your joke :-)
    - account-5 3y ago
      Haha, yeah I mentioned it more out of interest. My karma has fluctuated between ±10 since my initial comment. Currently about where I started. I genuinely find the phenomenon interesting, I've never really understood the blind loyalty apple endears in its fans.
  - stouset 3y ago
    Your flippant joke is ten years old, has certainly been made thousands of times on this site alone, and is based entirely upon a lack understanding of the issue it targets. At best it’s tired and overplayed. At worst it furthers misunderstanding. Maybe aim just a touch higher?

rezonant 3y ago

I dunno, looks like a rounded rectangle to me [1] Besides, if Apple was allowed to patent rounded rectangles more, they absolutely would. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rectangle-with-rounded-corners https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rec...