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Old March 11th, 2010, 07:08 PM   #210 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mrmojoz View Post
Patenting the letter "E" would be very specific so not a good example. What Apple did was get patents for the concept of having individuals keys on a keyboard. They didn't invent it, the concept is common knowledge but by golly they'll sue you if you get in their way.
But they did patent using a finger gesture, more particularly, a swipe across the screen. That should never have been allowed through, that would be like patenting using an up and down motion to type.
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