Apple's Billion Dollar Patent & Other Stories From Patentland 130
DECS writes "It has been widely reported that Apple secured a patent worth a "billion dollars." According to a patent attorney involved in the issue, Apple will be "after every phone company, film maker, computer maker and video producer to pay royalties." The good news is that all the news reports were based on misleading hyperbole. " Don't let the title fool you; the essay is a good background on patents, the horror stories of some of them but also why companies feel compelled to seek patents as a business "safety" precaution.
So they did it? (Score:5, Funny)
Press Releases (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So they did it? (Score:5, Funny)
The Simpsons already did it. (Score:3, Funny)
apple patent (Score:5, Funny)
OR worse
This is a novel method of representing nothing. In the past, nothing was always something. We propose a special character that represents nothing (the lack of something) to be used in communication purposes. We shall call this character the "zero."
Thay Did It! (sic) (Score:3, Funny)
It also doesnt exist in "Prior Art".
My god, they have found 3) ????:
3) Patent the letter "E"
4) Profit!
Re:So they did it? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So they did it? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:it's interesting that they say apple isn't... (Score:2, Funny)
Kindof like we have computers now. Doesn't mean we have always had them.
Som3how w3'll g3t around it (Score:1, Funny)
Chapt3r 1
1:1 In th3 b3ginning God cr3at3d th3 h3av3n and th3 3arth.
1:2 And th3 3arth was without form, and void; and darkn3ss was upon th3 fac3 of th3 d33p. And th3 Spirit of God mov3d upon th3 fac3 of th3 wat3rs.
1:3 And God said, L3t th3r3 b3 light: and th3r3 was light.