New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor (opens in new tab)

I would say something similar: it is very tempting to patent stuff when you can just trigger a whole patenting process with a single email or message.

You should patent that process.

Patently absurd, even

To my understanding, trademark law should already "protect their identity" by preventing use of their logo, and copyright law would already prohibit an "intentional and exact clone". A patent differs in that it counts as infringement even if you can prove you came up with it totally independently, having never seen Apple's particular glass cube.

With the large caveat that I'm not an expert on IP law, I do feel like a lot of allowed patents have a net negative value to society.

> needs to be done

No it doesn't.

The glass cube that was in Steve Job's mind must be protected!

Which favors the ones with deep pockets and IP departments.

The patent offices are likely just used to seeing a steady stream of crap from Apple that is so wacky they just accept it as part of their charm whether from a dead man or not. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has partners (or their own) planted in the same building to coincidentally wine and dine the patent office execs regularly like lobbyists. There is obviously a well paid set of folks that just file random crap patents from Apple constantly in a hope something, anything hits, and since it's Apple they simply cannot and will not be ignored.

I really can't say I blame them either, look at the lines of patent trolls lined up in West Texas every year to sue them. State of the nation...

I do have to wonder if someone went back to criticize the fact a dead man is the most inventive corpse since 2Pac and Biggie if the patents could be invalidated as superfluous. Yeah right, it's Apple.

Is the EU patent system any better?

Yup! BMW 750iL In Tomorrow Never Dies(1997)

[1]:https://youtu.be/gBcOBWq8J6w?t=36

On another note, I find that LCD screen and color pallet they used in the phone cooler looking than the dull flat design muck I am used to seeing everywhere. They basically took those old Green monochrome LCDs and acted as if those screens were naturally going to evolve into some sort of el type display as the next generation. They didn't see the rise of CPU power enabling full color full motion displays like we have now.

yes! Q can go and sue them!

In "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) James Bond drives his BMW remotely via a cell phone. Now there are multiple instances of prior art.

EDIT: corrected which movie

I think he meant the article is an ad for GreyB:

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I'm using Android + Firefox in Private Mode and I get the same issue - links redirect to stuff like https://tryslate.greyb.com/engage/USD712067S1, but then all I get is a white page.

I have a similar issue with imgur in Europe, but I don't care enough about either website to delve deeper.