Comments on: All Your Rectangles Are Not Apple’s

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:37:44 +0000

Apple is in a tough position. Through their innovation and hard work and money and understanding of what it takes to make excellent products which earn such high user satisfaction ratings, they have repeatedly been the target of those who wish to copy them or otherwise use their work in unfair ways. Combine this with Jobs somewhat egotistical view of the world, which is likely still a part of the Apple management, and the absurd and very different laws in the world for global products (including laws which force companies to protect their work even against small problems or lose their rights), and the overall overly-litigagious nature of the industry and Apple’s massive success and you have a recipe for disaster. We are seeing this.

Apple has been the target of outright copying in absurd ways (such as Samsung’s) and they have pushed to protect things in absurd ways (such as trying to claim ownership of the term “App Store”… absurd!).

Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, and others are all victims of this BS and also ones who push this BS… but you, Roy, try to make it seem as if somehow the companies you envy for their success are pretty much always in the wrong and the others are somehow the victims, no matter how much wrong they do. You have an extreme bias and it shows in pretty much every one of your posts.

By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Dr. Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:23:57 +0000

I linked to some more (newer) design patents. Innovation?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:19:47 +0000

Just as a side note: the above does not imply I agree with (nor disagree with) Apple… it means I support honesty and truth. I wish you would join me in that… which also does not mean I think we need to agree on all things.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:18:10 +0000

1) Apple never has nor has tried to patent the rectangle or rounded rectangle.
2) You avoid linking to sites where fact you wish to obfuscate are discussed.

I sincerely wish you could be honest in your posts.

By: mcinsand

mcinsand — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:53:54 +0000

Apple may not own our rectangles, but, with patents like these, they might well own the best proof of how the patent system is brokenly disconnected from innovation… Well, well, apple has something in common with the USPTO!!