Touch screen is, not so multi-touch, especially on a portable device with gestures to do different things dependent on the motion. That is what the patent is for.
“Touch screen is, not so multi-touch, especially on a portable device with gestures to do different things dependent on the motion. That is what the patent is for. “
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I would argue that this points out a critical flaw in patents for such things. Many “next developments” are obvious to a smart person who sits down and thinks about the same subject. They will be obvious to *any* smart person.
Name a thing, any thing, and have a group of smart people think about the “next development” of that thing. The next-generation ideas they come up with with be similar, and even the same.
A true invention is something out-of-the-blue. The “E-Cat” energy invention people are starting to talk about, if it works that would be a true innovation.
Having gestures on a touch pad is not invention. Any one of hundreds of technology thinkers could have taken out a patent on it.