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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Nice points. However, you stated what I think is the real problem with trivial patents.
Just owning a patent doesn't equal enforcing it to no end. Not everyone is like SCO.
True. However, the problem is that it could be enforced to no end. Let's say Linux somehow storms the multimedia market (what many people see as the market for Macs) and Apple gets near bankruptcy because of that. Do you think they would still be kind with the Linux community? Now let's say Apple is bought by a bigger company (like MS) and they decide to enforce their patent folio...
That's why I believe trivial patents should not be granted.