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Disappearing what?

Story: Apple Patents The Invisible ButtonTotal Replies: 4
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azerthoth

Apr 30, 2010
11:20 AM EDT 		oh you mean like "Confirm or Deny", "Reboot Later", etc ... little things like that? Sorry I can think of a plethora of similar functions in computers. Whats the term I'm looking for in regards to patents and obviousness?
tracyanne

Apr 30, 2010
6:34 PM EDT 		They'll still get a patent on it.
hkwint

Apr 30, 2010
7:18 PM EDT
Quoting:Whats the term I'm looking for in regards to patents and obviousness?


Something with 'inventive step' I believe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obviousn...
gus3

Apr 30, 2010
7:35 PM EDT 		Microsoft already had the "disappearing [thing]" in Win95, with the Taskbar that hid until the user bumped the mouse pointer against the taskbar's hidden location.

This smacks of the earlier patents, that were nothing but prior art, "but on the Internet, using XML!". In this case, it's "but we're making scrollbars disappear!"

If M$ and APPL start squabbling over this, I'll bring the popcorn.
tuxchick

Apr 30, 2010
10:44 PM EDT 		I'm so fed up with Apple and MS and all the other corporate [expletive deleteds] I want to bring my little .22 repeating plinker rifle. Make all the bozos dance.

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