[dba-Tech] Apple vs Samsung: Time to fix this patent farce

The patent farce:

Below is a link to a good summary of the patent farce or war between Apple
and Samsung. Considering that most of the internal hardware, its engineering
designs and even the latest "retina" technology is owned by Samsung, the
last sham courtroom case is little more than a cruel joke, that will just
cost the public more and improve nothing.

As most of the hardware and software used in Apple was created by other
companies, Apple's whole case can be rendered down to the following and I
quote:

" But the bigger issue isn't copying, or imitation, but the broken nature of
the patent and so-called intellectual property industries.

In an industry where last year's must-have is already out of date, there is
something obscene about a court case that involves, among other things, a
dispute about patents and design registrations such as the one "for overall
design of the product, including the rectangular shape, the rounded corners,
the silver edges, the black face, and the display of 16 colorful icons". "

Note: the rectangular shape of iPhone and all Smartphones for that matter is
a mathematical design standard that has stretched thousands of year. The
Greek Parthenon is an example of that particular shape and it is reflected
in the shape of virtually every soup can for the last couple of centuries.
Apple has patented it?

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cio-insights/apple-vs-samsung-time-to-fix-t
his-patent-farce/39749361?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101

Jim