On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ikon <ayanafr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The variable example was just a small example. My point was that on > the variable rename alone is not a copyright violation, just because > it relates to the same idea. However you cannot copy someones > functions and rename the functions/vars and make it your own. This is > obviously a close call, and it must be made by a fact-finder. > > As for your example of a swing, my comment was directed towards video- > games, and not physical apparatuses, which are clearly patentable. I > know what is accepted as patentable or not by the USPTO, as I submit > these patents on a regular basis.
If you file patents on a regular basis, then surely you must have heard of the 'swing' patent before, which isn't actually a patent for the apparatus itself, but for a method for swinging sideways on a standard swing. Anyone who was ever a child should be aware of the prior art for that, yet it still got issued. Perhaps patent clerks don't go through the normal human growth cycle but emerge fully grown from a vat or something... :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
