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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It actually isn’t funny at all. The law states that an idea existing in a prior work of art as to form or function is a valid reason to overturn an “idea” as patent. Patents were meant to protect a physical invention, not process or idea. Patenting an idea is just bullshit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">James R. Coplin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 07, 2011 7:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> Music-bar<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: So long Steve ..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">To the funny extent that samsung tried to bail out of a copy lawsuit by invoking 2001</p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8pQVDyaLo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8pQVDyaLo</a></p><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">IMHO, Touch has been a sacred cow of the comp-sci world for decades. Apple just were the first to really push it to the point where it actually worked.<br>
<br><br>;<br><span style="color:#888888">--<br>Jay Vaughan</span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br>
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</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br><a href="http://nostromo.noisepages.com">http://nostromo.noisepages.com</a></p></div></div></body></html>