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almost as crazy as a patent for a rectangle with rounded corners
by spogbiper 1y ago
almost as crazy as a patent for a rectangle with rounded corners
- mbirth 1y agoYou mean a Squircle®
- robertoandred 1y agoThat's of course not what the patent was about.
- shagie 1y agoYou can also patent the shape of a bottle. https://patents.google.com/patent/USD48160S/en https://patents.google.com/patent/USD48160S/en (yes, its an old one). These fall into the classification of design patent which covers ornamental non-functional elements of a particular item. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent Design patents also cover typefaces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti... -- note that typefaces cannot be copyrighted in the United States Design patents differ from a utility patent which covers how something works.
- Dylan16807 1y agoDesign patents are a form of trademark with a silly name, not real patents.
- bdowling 1y agoDesign patents expire, unlike trademarks.