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Chat => General Discussion => Topic started by: maximusotter on August 24, 2006, 03:40:02 AM

Title: Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: maximusotter 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:

Title: Re:Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: brummie 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.

Title: Re:Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: Serious on August 24, 2006, 10:41:07 AM

Quote from: brummie

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...

 :twisted:

Title: Re:Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: brummie 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  :)

Title: Re:Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: mrt on August 24, 2006, 11:02:46 AM

Thanks for your input Brummie  :D

Title: Re:Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: brummie on August 24, 2006, 11:12:51 AM

shouldnt that be output?  ;)

Title: Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: Dave on August 24, 2006, 18:16:28 PM

Quote from: maximusotter

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

Title: Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: Sam 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.

Title: Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Post by: Serious on August 25, 2006, 12:47:40 PM

Quote from: Sam

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.