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A comment on Ask HN: Apple filed to patent an app concept that I released a year ago. . Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Apple filed to patent an app concept that I relea... by edanm on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @02:35AM (#3760340)
Not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you're wrong. It's harder to prove that your work predates something else, but if you can, you still have a copyright on it.
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Re:Ask HN: Apple filed to patent an app concept that I relea... by pieter on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @03:07AM (#3760415)
we're not talking about copyright law here, but patent law.
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Re:Ask HN: Apple filed to patent an app concept that I relea... by vr000m on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @03:39AM (#3760489)
If @vjanma has a concrete way* to prove that his design is in the same timeframe as Apple's then they could challenge the patent application. The patent application is not a patent yet. So talk to a patent lawyer.

*you do have an application in the app store. But you may need much more documentation to challenge the patent.

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