Thread: EU Court Adviser Says Software Ideas Can't Be Copyrighted
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Old 11-29-2011, 03:48 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by kartu View Post
On the other hand, "Rectangle with rounded corners" is still safe and Samsung is still banned from selling tablets in Germany.
And Amazon can patent 1-click shopping.
(And then license it to Apple, but sue B&N when they do something similiar.)

Patents are for ideas, copyright is for concrete expressions. Design patents seem a confusing mix of the two.
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