Comment on Show HN: WhitePad - iPhone-sized whiteboard - our first physical productparentComments−t013yYou can't patent a 3x5 rectangular piece of plastic. Worst case they have to remove the design from the front and make it a little less specific.−quackerhacker13yI thought in Apple vs. Samsung, one of Apple's patents that was upheld was rounded corners -_-http://asia.cnet.com/apple-wins-patent-on-a-rectangle-with-r...−duskerOP13yYeah, but rounded corners in phones :) not whiteboards. Anyways the whole patent-thing is getting ridiculous.−quackerhacker13yI agree that some of the patents are absurd when I hear the generalization of some of them, but seeing as I have no experience in patents (another headache), I'll keep my mouth shut :x
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You can't patent a 3x5 rectangular piece of plastic. Worst case they have to remove the design from the front and make it a little less specific.
I thought in Apple vs. Samsung, one of Apple's patents that was upheld was rounded corners -_-
http://asia.cnet.com/apple-wins-patent-on-a-rectangle-with-r...
Yeah, but rounded corners in phones :) not whiteboards. Anyways the whole patent-thing is getting ridiculous.
I agree that some of the patents are absurd when I hear the generalization of some of them, but seeing as I have no experience in patents (another headache), I'll keep my mouth shut :x