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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but in an environment where the USPO is awarding patents that are stupid, a company needs to patent everything it can so that it can cover its butt from getting sued by some unknown company that patents something and sues you stopping the shipment of a feature unless exorbitant amounts of money are paid.
Apple has never used any software patents offensively, sure they enforce their copyrights and trademarks, but software patents are used to cover them from any attack as does MS and IBM.