Star Editorial: Not Everyone Understands the Patent Situation
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 15th May 2004 08:23 UTC
Editorial 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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by PantherPPC on Sat 15th May 2004 21:10 UTC

"The problem is companies are going to patent every little detail just in the hopes that some cash fat company will violate it in even the smallest way and hope to cash out on it. Don't you think that the amount of lawsuits going around in the tech industry is getting a bit out of hand, might well be stifling innovation?"

I think there are far too many lawsuits going around, mostly because of companies patenting things that aren't theirs. But I also see how this is forcing innovation. If you can't use something that someone else owns, you have to come up with some new way to do it. And the new way won't catch on unless it has it's advantages. Linux is a great example of that.