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Re:Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v... by gnarbarian on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @04:52PM (#8104949)
As stupid the "slide to unlock" patent is. Copying it is even dumber. There are numerous equally user friendly ways to unlock a phone. What Samsung does to Android cheapens the user interface and generally makes it worse.

Regardless, they should NOT be sued for it.

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Re:Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v... by deong on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @06:23AM (#8107265)
I don't care who's "dumber". Samsung copying the idea doesn't change the legal system for everyone else. Apple patenting and suing everyone for ridiculously obvious "ideas" does.

Samsung's software designers may be cheap hacks, but they're (inadvertently) serving the same good that Newegg serves. Both are infringing patents that make the world a shittier place and refusing to settle. The only difference is that Newegg does it out of righteous indignation rather than rank incompetence. Either way, the correct party to root for should be obvious.

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Re:Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v... by gnarbarian on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @07:04PM (#8111465)
Not sure why I'm getting downvoted into oblivion that's the sentiment that I have as well.
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