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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
This isn't a matter of opinion. The design has been around for more than 200 years.
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If you honestly believe that the EU patent office was bribed or otherwise influenced into giving Apple a patent that they wouldn't have granted otherwise, then corruption is the right word for you to use.
I don't believe that, and I think it is pretty laughable that anyone would.
I suspect the truth is that almost all design patents that are presented get approved, because there is an extremely low bar for acceptance.
This is true, to a lesser extent, of normal (utility) patents, which are often granted far too easily, and far too widely.
There, as here, the remedy is to challenge them in the courts, which is what is happening.
It might be a crappy system, it might be a huge waste of money all around, but I don't see corruption, just bureaucracy and a poorly thought out and implemented patent system.