Read more.Hoping to stop MacBookAir copyists from Ultrabook-land.
Read more.Hoping to stop MacBookAir copyists from Ultrabook-land.
Stupid, just plain stupid...
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
I don't see how it can be enforceable, but then I'm not a patent lawyer so know nothing about the seemingly-ridiculous nuances of patent law. I would hope that other manufacturers are tending to look to 'new' designs, rather than copying Apple (who, as pointed out in the article, were not the first with this tapered design of notebook in any case!).
I wonder if they'll also patent the massive bulging battery... I've seen so many macbooks/pro/airs where the battery has ballooned now that it's just not funny! Sure wouldn't like that to happen while it's on your lap!
Pathetic Apple...pathetic!
The X505 is noted in the patent application.
But yeah, US patents...
You've got to be kidding me. :|
Absolute pathetic Apple, pathetic American Patent system (clearly corrupt) - Pathetic
Add more fuel to the fire to hate Apple
I'm guessing Sony can't make anything out of Apple patenting 'their' design if they didn't have a patent themselves?
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for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Probably not enforceable but smaller competitors will have to waste money they could spend on R&D fighting court cases or changing designs. Apple have money to waste already so aren't bothered.
Apple designs are so generic and sameish it's hard not to resemble them. Any laptop that's thinner at the front, has rounded corners (i.e 90%+ of the the market) and made of matte Aluminium will fall foul.
Hopefully other manufacturers will just adopt a slightly different shade of metallic, or make it non-silver (i.e. classic black) - I've never been a fan of the aluminium kitchen appliance look Apple go for so I'd be quite happy!
I hereby patent the cube.
Whoever granted that patent should be removed from office.
Also any product that was released (Asus, Hp mentioned and all those ultrabooks) before the patent was granted is surely safe as it will fall under prior art which will then void the entire patent.
However it does show that apple really have a thing for annoying their suppliers. Intel turned around the fortunes of apple a few years back by supplying them with the latest and greatest chips when there own ibm/amd chips were starting to look very dated and now they're slapping them in the face just like they did with samsung who supply the bulk of their mobile devices.
In two minds with this to be honest. It is a bit silly that it was granted, but manufacturers are borrowing more than just a little from MacBook design at the moment. Every year the new machines look less and less like the laptops of 5 years ago, and more and more like unibody MacBook Pros (regular laptops) or the MacBook Air (ultrabooks). It was only a matter of time before this behaviour resulted in Apple being granted patents on these designs; it won't have been difficult to demonstrate the company's need for them.
Barakka (13-06-2012)
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