Reply to: No more jumble sales - Apple have the trademark

[NigelJK]

Of course, Patenting anything in the the States or here is pointless. Let say you invent an entirely new bag less vacuum cleaner, which after many years research you perfect and Patent. Then they sell like hot cakes and miff your competitors who have been making loads of money out of selling paper bags for inflated prices for years. So they copy you. You drag them through successive courts right up to the US Supreme court, and guess what? Completely innocent.

[original PM]

I fail to see how you can patent the layout of tables in a shop....

ok yes if you deliberatly try and make people think they are in an apple shop buying apple products is one thing but simply laying your goods out in an easy to use format for people and clearly not trying to dupe people is a different kettle of fish altogether.

what next -- a kettle manufacturer trying to patent boiling water?

the world has gone mad!

[NotAllThere]

Apple have always been the evil empire. They've just failed to keep the lid on their kiniving ways.

Fair point. Is that mixture of "knifing" and "conniving"?

[Bunk]

Huh? Wassat?

Speak of the devil and all that...

[bless 'em all]

Apple has overtaken Microsoft in the evil empire stakes.

Apple have always been the evil empire. They've just failed to keep the lid on their kiniving ways.

[NotAllThere]

Apple has overtaken Microsoft in the evil empire stakes.

[d000hg]

I'm not an Apple fan. But any idiot can see their shops have a distinctive look.

Sorry, nearly any idiot.

[DimPrawn]

Are you being deliberately obtuse or have you never been in an Apple Store? It's a very distinctive look, as distinctive as any of their products are.

Criticism of Apple Inc. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not surprised you are suckered in.

[d000hg]

So everything will be fine so long as no-one tries to sell IT tat on rectangular tables.

Can the corners of the tables be rounded?

Are you being deliberately obtuse or have you never been in an Apple Store? It's a very distinctive look, as distinctive as any of their products are.

[DimPrawn]

The whole patent system is a shambles, especially the US Patents.

No wonder the Chinese ignore the lot.

[Lucifer Box]

Apparently you just need to mention marmalade and he appears

Huh? Wassat?

[Bunk]

Ah, last activity April 2012 - possible the late LB then.

Apparently you just need to mention marmalade and he appears

[Bunk]

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Very fond of Pink Ladies IIRC.

I thought that was VF? Or was it both?

[ctdctd]

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Very fond of Pink Ladies IIRC.

Ah, last activity April 2012 - possible the late LB then.

[ctdctd]

You are LB and I claim my five matches.

You are going to have to say that as if speaking to the somewhat slow (or Suity).

Who's LB?