Originally Posted by Dai13371:
“But my point is that people should not be able to patent mere ideas, which are nothing but thought processes, but working prototypes or working models which explains how it is done.”
“But my point is that people should not be able to patent mere ideas, which are nothing but thought processes, but working prototypes or working models which explains how it is done.”
given that the iPhone does actually exist, and does actually do what it does, i'm assuming things have actually gotten past the idea stage.
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“Recently apple patented 3d gestures by which they said tablets and phones could determine a gesture by people waving in the air. We have seen this idea in many science fiction films for instance Minority Report long before apple decided to patent it.”
“Recently apple patented 3d gestures by which they said tablets and phones could determine a gesture by people waving in the air. We have seen this idea in many science fiction films for instance Minority Report long before apple decided to patent it.”
presumably Apple would argue that they haven't merely patented the idea, but the technology that makes the things actually work in real life, rather than pretend to work in a sic fi film.
Iain



