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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 08:46 AM EDT
http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/20/museum- display-company-sues-ap ple-over-touchscreen-patent/

Presumably Apple is just the first target. This is arguably not a good thing for the industry as a whole.

Perhaps if there were a rule saying only companies with a relevant product could use patents offensively this sort of thing would stop.

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Couldn't happen to a nicer company.
Authored by: Gringo_ on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 08:53 AM EDT
Except it won't stop there. They will go after Android next.
Then it will be "All your touch gestures are belong to us."

Hey - I just had an idea...
I am going to patent the gestures we use everyday - thumbs
up, middle finger salute, wave of hand, hand up in a stop
gesture, even nod of the head. Then everybody will have to
pay me when they make these gestures, and I'll be rich!

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Prior Art much ealier
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 30 2012 @ 11:18 AM EDT
UK Radar Research scientist published the seminal papers on this many decades
earlier.

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