Apple is facing a jury trial over allegations it ripped off a US patent filed by Xerox way back in 1987. At issue: Mac OS X 10.4's use of tabs and other UI elements to flip between different panels within a single window.
The lawsuit was filed on 18 April in the Texas District Court by intellectual property holding company IP …
This is just plain silly. All this patent nonsense has to stop. Instead of advancing technology (and, arguably, mankind), VC firms are limiting what can be done just to make a quick buck for some unnamed individuals who already have more money than sperm in their nadgers.
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Apple is facing a jury trial over allegations it ripped off a US patent filed by Xerox way back in 1987. At issue: Mac OS X 10.4's use of tabs and other UI elements to flip between different panels within a single window. The lawsuit was filed on 18 April in the Texas District Court by intellectual property holding company IP …
Could this cover almost everything?
This is just plain silly. All this patent nonsense has to stop. Instead of advancing technology (and, arguably, mankind), VC firms are limiting what can be done just to make a quick buck for some unnamed individuals who already have more money than sperm in their nadgers.