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Another Key Apple Patent Gets a Preliminary Rejection From USPTO

Just as it did recently in two other instances, the U.S. Patent Office today preliminarily rejected the claims of one of Apple’s important interface patents, this one dealing with multitouch actions and containing one element that figured in Apple’s billion-dollar infringement verdict against Samsung. Apple now has the opportunity to respond as part of the re-examination process, initiated by a Samsung request.

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work