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Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
on: August 24, 2006, 03:40:02 AM
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The patent covers an interface that lets users navigate through a tree of expanding options, such as selecting an artist, then a particular album by that artist, then a specific song from that album, said Phil OShaughnessy, a Creative spokesman.


They patented teh logical way to navigate a hierological filesystem. How TF can you patent that? Absurd.  :shock:
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Reply #1 on: August 24, 2006, 10:27:15 AM
somebody will patenet a way we sh*t soon and then it will cost us money everytime you take a dump.

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Reply #2 on: August 24, 2006, 10:41:07 AM
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somebody will patenet a way we sh*t soon and then it will cost us money everytime you take a dump.



/Applies for patent on breathing...

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Reply #3 on: August 24, 2006, 10:53:40 AM
i can do without breathing but TBH there is nowt like taking a big fat hairy dump  :)
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Reply #4 on: August 24, 2006, 11:02:46 AM
Thanks for your input Brummie  :D
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Reply #5 on: August 24, 2006, 11:12:51 AM
shouldnt that be output?  ;)
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Reply #6 on: August 24, 2006, 18:16:28 PM
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They patented teh logical way to navigate a hierological filesystem. How TF can you patent that? Absurd.  :shock:


because it is the US & youve got retarded patent law
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Reply #7 on: August 25, 2006, 06:23:59 AM
Theyve got software patents.

There was talk of them introducing them in the EU but it wont happen now. Quite an opposition against them in the industry.
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Reply #8 on: August 25, 2006, 12:47:40 PM
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Theyve got software patents.


Thing is they have absolutely no idea what they are doing with them, the patent in this case should never have been ussued.
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