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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Do you know anything at all about the process of applying for an EU design patent?
Do you know what counts as prior art?
Do you know what the burden of proof of showing something is new is?
Do you know whether judges issue design patents?
Yet you are convinced that the person issuing the patent must have been corrupt.
(Accusing him of a crime)
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You seem to be talking about what is needed to request a patent while I was talking about the Apple vs Samsung case where the judge decided that despite the prior art that Samsung submitted, rectangle with rounded corners belongs to Apple.
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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Um, yes, and?
It takes a long time to revoke a bad patent, because you have to go through a lengthy legal proceedure.
That was sort of my point. What was yours?
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That as you pointed out the procedure to award the patent is fast and bureaucracy free.