▲ 276 ▼ The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/5636484 First article | Second article
[–] snooggums@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Patents are about implementation, not concepts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) exactly! That tablet you saw in Star Trek TNG is not an implementation, as it's not a real device. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) But is is a concept, which was what you appeared to be disagreeing with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* It is a concept indeed. When I said that, I merely provided commentary on how Apple was behaving, not what reflected reality. Apple weaponised their patents because they, or rather, Steve, believed they owned the concept. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) exactly! That tablet you saw in Star Trek TNG is not an implementation, as it's not a real device. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) But is is a concept, which was what you appeared to be disagreeing with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* It is a concept indeed. When I said that, I merely provided commentary on how Apple was behaving, not what reflected reality. Apple weaponised their patents because they, or rather, Steve, believed they owned the concept. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) But is is a concept, which was what you appeared to be disagreeing with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* It is a concept indeed. When I said that, I merely provided commentary on how Apple was behaving, not what reflected reality. Apple weaponised their patents because they, or rather, Steve, believed they owned the concept. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* It is a concept indeed. When I said that, I merely provided commentary on how Apple was behaving, not what reflected reality. Apple weaponised their patents because they, or rather, Steve, believed they owned the concept. permalink fedilink source parent
