Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen,helium, and oxygen. It is present in all known life forms, and in the human body carbon is the second most abundant element by mass (about 18.5%) after oxygen.[16] This abundance, together with the unique diversity of organic compounds and their unusual polymer-forming ability at the temperatures commonly encountered on Earth, make this element the chemical basis of all known life.
Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen,helium, and oxygen. It is present in all known life forms, and in the human body carbon is the second most abundant element by mass (about 18.5%) after oxygen.[16] This abundance, together with the unique diversity of organic compounds and their unusual polymer-forming ability at the temperatures commonly encountered on Earth, make this element the chemical basis of all known life.
We're carbon based life forms. We wouldn't exist if it weren't for carbon.
Although from my understanding of Chemistry, it might be possible for Silicon based life forms to exist as Silicon can also form four covalent bonds with other elements, just like Carbon.
"Substantially similar" to the average person and to the court of law, is an "essential exact copy".
Or rather, "enough of a copy/imitation that you would confuse the two".
Same deal.
Even so, this design patent doesn't pass the smell test. It's not novel and is completely obvious, a mere artistic, not even stylized, rendition of something that occurs in real life. There's absolutely no way Apple could ever try to defend the thing in court without being laughed at by the judge before the suit is dismissed and the patent thrown out. It's incredibly obvious that it's not patentable material. It's simply unfortunate that the USPTO doesn't do such checks for validity and pushes that burden onto the courts.
You mean middle school bio? Yeah I never paid attention in that class because my teacher was so boring.
This is coming from the same person who thinks Africa is a useless continent.
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i5 4670k @ 4.9GHz - Stock Heatsink - The rest is melted silicon but I think I have a graphics card in there somewhere It surprises me how many people on this forum can't read benchmarks.
Even so, this design patent doesn't pass the smell test. It's not novel and is completely obvious, a mere artistic, not even stylized, rendition of something that occurs in real life. There's absolutely no way Apple could ever try to defend the thing in court without being laughed at by the judge before the suit is dismissed and the patent thrown out. It's incredibly obvious that it's not patentable material. It's simply unfortunate that the USPTO doesn't do such checks for validity and pushes that burden onto the courts.
This doesn't mean all virtual pageflips are patented.
But yes, the system is broken. It's been broken for over 80 years.
Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen,helium, and oxygen. It is present in all known life forms, and in the human body carbon is the second most abundant element by mass (about 18.5%) after oxygen.[16] This abundance, together with the unique diversity of organic compounds and their unusual polymer-forming ability at the temperatures commonly encountered on Earth, make this element the chemical basis of all known life.
sauce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon
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whats wrong with wikipedia?
We're carbon based life forms. We wouldn't exist if it weren't for carbon.
Although from my understanding of Chemistry, it might be possible for Silicon based life forms to exist as Silicon can also form four covalent bonds with other elements, just like Carbon.
Even so, this design patent doesn't pass the smell test. It's not novel and is completely obvious, a mere artistic, not even stylized, rendition of something that occurs in real life. There's absolutely no way Apple could ever try to defend the thing in court without being laughed at by the judge before the suit is dismissed and the patent thrown out. It's incredibly obvious that it's not patentable material. It's simply unfortunate that the USPTO doesn't do such checks for validity and pushes that burden onto the courts.
If you learned basic organic chemistry, you'd know Carbon is the basis of life.
y u make me sad Apple?
It surprises me how many people on this forum can't read benchmarks.
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But yes, the system is broken. It's been broken for over 80 years.
Strategic...
6.0 is fine if you're low on cash.
The law doesn't seem to care.I thought the dimensions and everything had to be exact?