|
||||||||
Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich Event on 19th October |
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#126 |
|
Guest
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 62,990
|
Quote:
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.
Quote:
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 |
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#127 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Wapping, London
Posts: 16,222
|
my understanding of patents is they are more about *how* something is done, not just what it does. And in this case, that would be more about the underlying software, not merely the user interface that is used.
|
|
|
|
|
#128 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: the wild world web
Posts: 28,132
|
As yet I've never come across a rock climber charging a toll on his 'patented climb'.
It is allowable to program to get the similar results. Whilst techniques are often the same, the code simply has to be your own. I imagine non physical and non coded patents are a much bigger can of worms. |
|
|
|
|
|
#129 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 376
|
Quote:
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.
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 Using photovoltaic cells to illuminate a screen Method for obfuscating information on a screen 3D imaging and display That last one was submitted in 2005 and has still not entered the prototyping stage. |
|
|
|
![]() |
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 04:35.



