Apple has patented rectangles with round corners

Rawr · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:28 am

http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/36145 ... ed-corners

http://www.google.com/patents?id=6BsWAA ... &q&f=false

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

I call dibs on the circle.....patent pending to you all!!

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:03 am

This is a stupid world where the majority attacks the minority by telling their product is being plagiarized.
Well, good. Fvcking patent that piece of crap. Eventually, better designs would come and I wouldn't expect them crying in the corner for trying to get control over a new design.

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

FFS... The fuck is this? Apple is offically the shittiest company ever. That's just ridiculous. It won't take long until all geometric shapes are patented. Hell, even the wheel will be invented by Apple soon enough.

So, Apple... Wanna go to court?

Ganja · **Joined:** Sep 2009 **Posts:** 1494 **Location:**

BuDo wrote:

I call dibs on the circle.....patent pending to you all!!

The pyramid is where it's at.

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

Ganja wrote:

BuDo wrote:

I call dibs on the circle.....patent pending to you all!!

The pyramid is where it's at.

Lol, it would suck viewing rectangle-shaped images with that.

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

That's just ridiculous lol.

Aren't you supposed to invent something before being able to patent it?

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Seriously, how are other companies supposed to build phones then?
Does"Apple" have a screw loose.. eh?

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

DarkJackal wrote:

Aren't you supposed to invent something before being able to patent it?

I don't know how much stuff that Apple have a patent on they actually came up with themselves. Not much, that's for sure.

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

I wish Microsoft or someone would try to patent apples. That would just be epic.

Aventus · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:52 pm

Sanktum wrote:

FFS... The fuck is this? Apple is offically the shittiest company ever. That's just ridiculous. It won't take long until all geometric shapes are patented. Hell, even the wheel will be invented by Apple soon enough.

So, Apple... Wanna go to court?

Lol'd so hard

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

DarkJackal wrote:

I wish Microsoft or someone would try to patent apples. That would just be epic.

Don't say it.. Just do it damn. lulz

Fiction · **Posted:** Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:14 am

DarkJackal wrote:

That's just ridiculous lol.

Aren't you supposed to invent something before being able to patent it?

Actually no. As long as you can theoretically prove it would work(convince them on paper), you can patent it. The only time you actually have to prove it would be if they rejected your request to patent said invention.

At one point there were many perpetual motion machine patents, but I'm sure they've been done away with, seeing as it's been dubbed impossible.

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this

Spoiler!

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

queue BuDo apple fanboyism

MrTwilliger · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 1374 **Location:** Hiding

Am I the only one who actually read the official patent? They patented the design of a electronic device, in this case a tablet. Not a rectangle with round corners. Not an apple. Not something absolutely stupid and unjust. They patented the physical design of their tablet. Not a big deal.

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

^

read again....

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

MrTwilliger wrote:

They patented the physical design of their tablet. Not a big deal.

Which is a rectangle with round corners.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

What will apple patent next.. eh?

MrTwilliger · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 1374 **Location:** Hiding

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/13970 ... r-the-mpaa

Now here's a patent that everyone should be getting in arms about. If Apple's product design gets everyone up in arms than you should start murdering people over this one. Whilst Apple's patent on their product design may not affect your daily lives, this patent can and will. Have fun watching video's with your friends at night. (Except you can just turn your kinect off or unplug it, so it's really a non-issue)

In before OMG MICROSOFT WORST COMPANY EVER NEVER BUY THEM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

MrTwilliger wrote:

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now here's a patent that everyone should be getting in arms about. If Apple's product design gets everyone up in arms than you should start murdering people over this one. Whilst Apple's patent on their product design may not affect your daily lives, this patent can and will. Have fun watching video's with your friends at night. (Except you can just turn your kinect off or unplug it, so it's really a non-issue)

In before OMG MICROSOFT WORST COMPANY EVER NEVER BUY THEM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn, that's just too damn stupid. But don't care as I don't own an Xbox, nor do I like it that much and would probably buy a PS if I ever decide to do it.

Fiction · **Posted:** Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:02 am

MrTwilliger wrote:

In before OMG MICROSOFT WORST COMPANY EVER NEVER BUY THEM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh you know M$ is just going to sit on this one. They're a great company, that isn't driven by profiting off the youth of America. They're just making sure Sony or Nintendo couldn't harness this power, cause you know how greedy those two are, with their paid subs, and endless adverts. haha if only :soosad:

Now I'll have to kick the family living in my basement out...

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

MrTwilliger wrote:

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now here's a patent that everyone should be getting in arms about. If Apple's product design gets everyone up in arms than you should start murdering people over this one. Whilst Apple's patent on their product design may not affect your daily lives, this patent can and will. Have fun watching video's with your friends at night. (Except you can just turn your kinect off or unplug it, so it's really a non-issue)

In before OMG MICROSOFT WORST COMPANY EVER NEVER BUY THEM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft has been making poor decisions. Vista, 8, not fixing RRoD for the longest time, timed dlc, timed exclusives, ads on a pay to use service, and so on. Not all entirely Microsoft, but more or less I'm disappointed in the gaming division and I'm not even surprised by that.

Also Edge Games > Apple's round rectangles

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:11 am

MrTwilliger wrote:

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now here's a patent that everyone should be getting in arms about. If Apple's product design gets everyone up in arms than you should start murdering people over this one. Whilst Apple's patent on their product design may not affect your daily lives, this patent can and will. Have fun watching video's with your friends at night. (Except you can just turn your kinect off or unplug it, so it's really a non-issue)

In before OMG MICROSOFT WORST COMPANY EVER NEVER BUY THEM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahahaaaaa... Everyone, go to your closest patent store and patent something soon before you gotta sue someone else... lol.
Feels like China is gonna get sued lotsa times now. Or the other way around. Meh.

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