Thread: Apple v Samsung: Can Look and Feel Be Patented?
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Old 08-02-2012, 01:53 PM   #6
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Unfortunately the USPTO is a laughing stock and you can patent about anything, whether there is prior art or whether it is a simple shape like a rounded rectangle, hence the mess.
I don't understand why Apple hasn't patented or copyrighted "blogging" and "surfing." Surely it is obvious that those things also tend to be "magical" and therefore belong to Apple.
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