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  • mekk0

    Why not patent the use of a fucking wheel?

    • requirements:
      novel
      non-obvious
      drgs
    • cannot patent geometric shapes myeeehhsince1979
    • You know. For kids!monospaced
    • @drgs but a foldable display used in a cellphone is not non-obvious and novel?mekk
    • to fold a flat display surface is obvious?drgs
    • it ismonospaced
    • sure man. I mean, there is a company creating this type of screen and Apple gets a patent on using it in a phone before anyone can make something out of itmekk
    • They shall choke on their patents man, this is such an evil greedy company with absolutely no respect, not to their customers, not to their competitors.mekk
    • The patent doesn't mean that nobody else can do it.monospaced
    • so they got it for them to license out and let others have fun with it like with their rounded corners or swipe to unlock?mekk
    • they didn't license out rounded corners or swipe to unlock, and they probably patented the form factor, but I guarantee they didn't do it to claim they inventedmonospaced

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