Apple is going DOWN

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[eric]

[exploited]

I never took issue with your argument, just with your blatantly wrong statement quoted above.

Also, I'm not a teen.

Also, I think Apple makes excellent consumer products for most users, despite being absurdly overpriced and useless to power users.

Also, please look into anger management. You seem like nice enough of a guy, just really mad. I'm not even trolling you at this point.

[eric]

Ok Apple holds an irrelevant patent that doesn't matter, and never would matter, and is completely off topic, and I argued didn't exist because of the confusing nature of your posts.

So I guess I'm wrong about your pointless post and your inability to clarify your statements and drag things out unnecessarily over that patent

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[eric]

I'm not raging out. You just posted dumb stuff that only confused me and was off topic.

Your point is true, it doesn't affect anything.

There, said it. (as I've already admitted to you're confusing point being correct multiple times)

Are you done bringing it up and ready to discuss how Samsung willfully copied Apple now?

[Medius]

Here, let's look at the patents infringed:



'381 - Bounce Back

When you scroll beyond a particular edge of what you are viewing, it bounces back the middle.

Medius Verdict: Bad Patent, Obvious UI Feature, Android Feature (not Samsung)



'915 - Pinch to Zoom

Using one finger to scroll through a page and two fingers to zoom in and out.

Medius Verdict: Bad Patent, Obvious use of Touchscreen, Android Feature (not Samsung)



'163 - Tapping Twice on the Screen to Zoom

Tapping twice on the screen zooms in and zooms out.

Medius Verdict: Bad Patent, Obvious use of Touchscreen, Android Feature (not Samsung)



D'677 - Rectangle

Rounded rectangular front with edge to edge glass.

Medius Verdict: Bad Patent, Obvious Combination of Technologies (maximized screen, rounded edges for comfort and drop resistance, all buttons in the obvious places that buttons go)



D'087 - Back of the Phone

Who the hell knows.

Medius Verdict: There's like one thing on the back of an apple phone, the camera. I have no idea how you can patent where a camera goes on a limited surface. Bad Patent.



D'305 - Home Screen Design

Apple owns icons, square icons with rounded corners, placing icons in a grid....

Medius Verdict: Bad Patent, Obvious design choice with limited real-estate, Android (not Samsung)



Final Verdict: The patent office needs to get with the freaking times and learn about technology. Programming in general, especially UI design, is a shared concept that should not be patentable. There is almost nothing in programming that deserves a patent as it is all built upon a shared construct. Almost everything you do in programming is obvious and developed in parallel at multiple sources. So much so, that there are actually standards and best practices across the programming world for everything from algorithms to usability design.