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A comment on Patent US8762879 – Tab management in a browser. Parent comment

Re:Patent US8762879 – Tab management in a browser by monochromatic on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @11:09PM (#10269615)
What did Apple patent that someone else invented before?
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Re:Patent US8762879 – Tab management in a browser by InfiniteEntropy on Thursday September 24, 2015 @12:19AM (#10269786)
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rect...

Rounded corners.

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Re:Patent US8762879 – Tab management in a browser by monochromatic on Thursday September 24, 2015 @01:10AM (#10269940)
That's a design patent. Yes, it's a patent, but it's a whole different kettle of fish compared to a utility patent.
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Re:Patent US8762879 – Tab management in a browser by Oletros on Thursday September 24, 2015 @02:00AM (#10270081)
Slide to unlock, pinch to zoom, bounce.

But it is not just Apple, almost every company has patents invalidated for prior art

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Re:Patent US8762879 – Tab management in a browser by monochromatic on Thursday September 24, 2015 @11:47AM (#10272256)
> almost every company has patents invalidated for prior art

Yeah, that's pretty true. But the way the parent comment said it, it sounded like it was some intentional thing where they were out to screw everybody by fraudulently obtaining a patent that was anticipated by prior art. Which... I don't think many companies are trying to do that.

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