Microsoft Nabs Patent on Double-Clicking
"In the United States, the company has successfully patented the use of short, long or double clicks on the same button to launch different applications on devices such as PDAs."
Give me a break, what kind of mental migits work at the Patent Office? I could swear one of the requirements for a Patent is that it "be novel, and not be obvious to someone else in the industry".
It started with Amazon and "one click" to purchase. What next? We'll have to pay patent fees to turn lights on/off? Flush the head? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif
"In the United States, the company has successfully patented the use of short, long or double clicks on the same button to launch different applications on devices such as PDAs."
Give me a break, what kind of mental migits work at the Patent Office? I could swear one of the requirements for a Patent is that it "be novel, and not be obvious to someone else in the industry".
It started with Amazon and "one click" to purchase. What next? We'll have to pay patent fees to turn lights on/off? Flush the head? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif