Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in serious trouble

Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by wpietri on Monday July 18, 2011 @01:51PM (#2777286)

I don't understand patents all that well, so perhaps somebody could help me understand: how are the things patented not totally absurd?

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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by scarmig on Monday July 18, 2011 @01:54PM (#2777309)

If you think you can patent utterly absurd things... well, you understand patents pretty well.

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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by petegrif on Monday July 18, 2011 @07:20PM (#2778818)

I don't understand the question - please rephrase.

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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by wpietri on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @11:52AM (#2781418)

I'll ruin your perfectly good joke by actually explaining what I meant:

Some patent applications really make sense to me. I read 'em and I say, "Wow, that was pretty clever. I never would have thought of that." Whether or not we should allow patents is a different question, but if we do, I get why the patent is valid.

These, though, I don't get. I know patents claims are a special language, so maybe I'm missing something, but I'm pretty sure a NeXT OS box circa 1991 running common apps covers all this.

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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by petegrif on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:42PM (#2783229)

Much clearer - thank you.

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