Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 15th May 2004 08:23 UTC
It is when I read articles like this that I have "my blood all going up to my head" (that's a Greek saying for people that get angry). So apparently, Apple is trying to patent "transparent windows that do a certain action after fading away". While I don't personally find this "innovation/invention" patentable, it's fine with me: Apple is doing the best it can to secure its business (maybe I would do the same if I had shareholders on my back).
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Sure, it would be nice to have a patent office that only grants truly innovative patents. But this will never happen. As long as you have an institution such as a patent office, you will have trivial patents and all the problems that come with them.
Patents do more harm than good. I personally know people who have more or less bankrupted themselves trying to patent a (technical) idea as an individual. It did not do them any good since industry just waited until the patent expired and then implemented it.
The patent system should be abolished completely. Patents are not capable of protecting individuals and small companies against huge multinational companies, and protecting huge multinational companies against individuals is not in the public interest.