• snooggums
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    610 months ago

    “The whole concept of a touchscreen device…” is something that prior fictional examples prove false. They did not come up with the concept, but they did implement a prior concept.

    “Nobody thought of it” and “nobody made it before” are two different things. Apple even pretended the second was true when they weren’t even first to market on several of their products.

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      110 months ago

      “The whole concept of a touchscreen device…” is something that prior fictional examples prove false. They did not come up with the concept, but they did implement a prior concept.

      But that didn’t come from a patent filing, that was my commentary on how they behaved. Patent filing language is much more precise for this reason.

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          210 months ago

          exactly! That tablet you saw in Star Trek TNG is not an implementation, as it’s not a real device.

          • snooggums
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            210 months ago

            But is is a concept, which was what you appeared to be disagreeing with.

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              10 months ago

              It is a concept indeed. When I said that, I merely provided commentary on how Apple was behaving, not what reflected reality. Apple weaponised their patents because they, or rather, Steve, believed they owned the concept.