| Soleron said: This still might mean that, for example, One Click Shopping on Amazon is still patentable. It's that threat that's the worst, not the the obvious "X... but with a computer" that this addresses. There needs to be a serious discussion about what is novel and what deserves to be protected (since patenting is an artificial granted monopoly to encourage invention in exchange for an open description, not a natural right). |
Is one click shopping a software application? If it's not dependant on a particular piece of hardware then it can't be patented here. Like pinch to zoom, if that can be implemented through software on any touch screen then you can't patent pinch to zoom here. You have to prove breach of copyright if you want to take legal action over software. Basically like you'd have to prove plagiarism for someone writing a book that is far too similar to your own work, and not merely "a stroy about elves, men, dwarves and orcs"
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