Topic: Mad patents!

[Simon]

Apple Just Got Granted a Patent for Rounded Corners on Electronic Devices

And that's not even the world's most absurd patent.

So this happened: Apple was just granted a patent on rounded corners for rectangular electronic devices. It's tempting to think that patents are becoming more absurd, but that would be a mistake. The US and other patent bodies have always granted overly broad patents. What's changed is that courts, in recent years, have started to award damages based on them.

Here's a list of historical patents that have been violated millions of times--but have yet to earn their creators a cent.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/apple-just-got-granted-a-patent-for-rounded-corners-on-electronic-devices/264986/

[Rik]

I've got curved corners.

[Clive]

Double comb-over.  Let me see if I can do that.   

[Simon]