Even though this is related to Apple vs. Samsung which already has a thread, I feel that the topic of Community Design deserves it's own thread.
The latest preliminary injunction Apple won against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is not about patents. Nor about trademarks. It's something else, called "Community Design". Thom Holwerda at OSNews has done the necessary reading to figure out what it's actually about and how it works: http://www.osnews.com/story/25056/The_Community_Design_and_you_Thought_the_USPTO_Was_Bad
Read the article very thoroughly and in full. Then weep. The system is already completely insane, but Apple so blatantly abusing it is even worse.
The latest preliminary injunction Apple won against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is not about patents. Nor about trademarks. It's something else, called "Community Design". Thom Holwerda at OSNews has done the necessary reading to figure out what it's actually about and how it works: http://www.osnews.com/story/25056/The_Community_Design_and_you_Thought_the_USPTO_Was_Bad
Read the article very thoroughly and in full. Then weep. The system is already completely insane, but Apple so blatantly abusing it is even worse.
