Evilness Of Google
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on December 14, 2006 at 2:38:50 PM
Google has turned so evil that they are now patenting their WEBSITE USER INTERFACE! The fairytale is over and Google is evil. How can you patent a look and feel anymore? I thought there were court cases against this. I guess this shows the blatant stupidity of the USPTO.
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Distinguishing between the look and the function of an invention isn't always easy. But imagine that you're seeking a patent for a wine glass. If it's simply a combination of glass stem and bowl that has been done many times before, it would not be eligible for a patent. But if there is some sort of unique, fanciful etching on the glass, then it could theoretically be patented if that design feature is "inseparable from the article to which it is applied and cannot exist alone." The question of what makes a patent too obvious to merit protection, which the U.S. Supreme Court is currently mulling, applies to design patents as well as utility patents. The distinction with design patents is perhaps even more fuzzy, said Philip Mann, a Seattle-based patent attorney and author of the IP Litigation Blog.