A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious

Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by rayiner on Sunday August 26, 2012 @04:58PM (#4436197)

For people who believe that patents should be abolished: how do you see an ARM-like company existing without patent protection? Or do you think there is no value in being able to transact in designs?

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Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by artsrc on Sunday August 26, 2012 @07:26PM (#4436655)

> Or do you think there is no value in being able to transact in designs?

I believe that patents should be abolished.

There is value in being able to transact designs. There are costs in the patent system. Court cases for example.

The question is "does the marginal benefits of patents over the alternatives, justify the costs?". And sometimes it might and other times it won't.

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Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by vidarh on Sunday August 26, 2012 @05:19PM (#4436250)

The designs would surely be copyrightable.

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Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by DanBC on Monday August 27, 2012 @01:16AM (#4437550)

I ask for reform of the patent system, but I'm not sure how it should be reformed.

The existence of patent trolls is, surely, evidence that the system is horribly broken. Who is protected when a non-trading entity with no product is allowed to own patents and sue other companies for infringement?

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Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by learc83 on Sunday August 26, 2012 @07:47PM (#4436702)

It's harder to build an arm processor than just looking at one from some random phone you bought.

Most companies are going to need assistance from arm which arm can still charge for. Additionally the design can be copyrighted.

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