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    10 months ago

    “The whole concept of a touchscreen device…” is something that prior fictional examples prove false. They did not come up with the concept, but they did implement a prior concept.

    But that didn’t come from a patent filing, that was my commentary on how they behaved. Patent filing language is much more precise for this reason.

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        10 months ago

        exactly! That tablet you saw in Star Trek TNG is not an implementation, as it’s not a real device.

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            10 months ago

            It is a concept indeed. When I said that, I merely provided commentary on how Apple was behaving, not what reflected reality. Apple weaponised their patents because they, or rather, Steve, believed they owned the concept.