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DetlefK

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1. The point is not whether "anybody could come up with that." The point is whether its patented.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 06:24 AM

Nov 2016

Anybody could have come up with the Coca-Cola symbol.
Anybody could have come up with the idea to name their Smartphone "iphone".

That doesn't matter. If it's within the claims of a patent, then it's protected.

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The point is not whether "anybody could come up with that." The point is whether its patented. DetlefK Nov 2016 #1