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And which patents do you think should never have been granted? Those supposed bad patents have been held true in courts, repeatedly, around the world. Perhaps

by aroch 13y ago

And which patents do you think should never have been granted? Those supposed bad patents have been held true in courts, repeatedly, around the world. Perhaps you just want a boogeyman to blame for what you perceive to be a broken system?

lucian1900 13y ago
A good example is the design patent for the iPad. That specific design had plenty of prior art, hence making it obviously invalid. Just because courts let you do something doesn't make it ethical.
- aroch 13y ago
  Except there was not prior art, the iPad patent was found valid through reexamination and at court
  - Dylan16807 13y ago
    The court found it met the requirements of the law. The law/case law is far too loose with the requirements for novelty. Being upheld by a court does not mean something is a good patent. Mathematics are not supposed to be patentable at all but people manage to sneak in pure algorithms by gluing them to an arbitrary machine. The system is quite clearly broken.
    - aroch 13y ago
      >Being upheld by a court does not mean something is a good patent. The only good patent is the one that stands up in court.
      - Dylan16807 13y ago
        You're just being snarky and not actually playing a game of semantics, right? Patent that progresses the arts vs. patent that makes money, regulation tries to make these ideas correlate as much as possible but there are flaws.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    If nothing else, 2001 - A space odyssey very clearly has information devices with almost exactly the same shape of the iPad. The Star Trek PADD is not too far off either. The patent is bogus to any sane and honest individual.
    - aroch 13y ago
      > If nothing else, 2001 - A space odyssey very clearly has information devices with almost exactly the same shape of the iPad. Apparently it wasn't. >The Star Trek PADD is not too far off either. Neither was this
    - Alphasite_ 13y ago
      In what way do any of these look like an iPad? (apart from being vaguely rectangular) https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=star+trek+padd&num=30&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EnHpUuXuB8LOhAecpoDABw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=687#imgdii=_ https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=star+trek+padd&num=30&clie...
      - lucian1900 13y ago
        First on the left has similarities. It is indeed not that close. It's the space odyssey one that is much closer.

by aroch 13y ago

lucian1900 13y ago

A good example is the design patent for the iPad. That specific design had plenty of prior art, hence making it obviously invalid. Just because courts let you do something doesn't make it ethical.

aroch 13y ago
Except there was not prior art, the iPad patent was found valid through reexamination and at court
- Dylan16807 13y ago
  The court found it met the requirements of the law. The law/case law is far too loose with the requirements for novelty. Being upheld by a court does not mean something is a good patent. Mathematics are not supposed to be patentable at all but people manage to sneak in pure algorithms by gluing them to an arbitrary machine. The system is quite clearly broken.
  - aroch 13y ago
    >Being upheld by a court does not mean something is a good patent. The only good patent is the one that stands up in court.
    - Dylan16807 13y ago
      You're just being snarky and not actually playing a game of semantics, right? Patent that progresses the arts vs. patent that makes money, regulation tries to make these ideas correlate as much as possible but there are flaws.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  If nothing else, 2001 - A space odyssey very clearly has information devices with almost exactly the same shape of the iPad. The Star Trek PADD is not too far off either. The patent is bogus to any sane and honest individual.
  - aroch 13y ago
    > If nothing else, 2001 - A space odyssey very clearly has information devices with almost exactly the same shape of the iPad. Apparently it wasn't. >The Star Trek PADD is not too far off either. Neither was this
  - Alphasite_ 13y ago
    In what way do any of these look like an iPad? (apart from being vaguely rectangular) https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=star+trek+padd&num=30&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=EnHpUuXuB8LOhAecpoDABw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=687#imgdii=_ https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=star+trek+padd&num=30&clie...
    - lucian1900 13y ago
      First on the left has similarities. It is indeed not that close. It's the space odyssey one that is much closer.