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Software Patents Not So Abstract When the Lawsuits Hit Home

Posted by timothy on from the complaints-department dept.

no_such_user writes "It's easy to ignore the controversy surrounding software patents, especially if you don't have the passion for technology which Slashdot readers do. But as Dana Nieder discovered, it's not all about major corporations and obscure patent trolls. Her daughter uses a comparatively inexpensive assistive communication app on their iPad, which is being threatened by the makers of a multi-thousand-dollar hardware device."

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  1. Bad! by Mikkeles · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Send the flying monkeys after her (and her little dog too!).

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  2. Re:Common sense? by Svartalf · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They're not claiming a patent for that- they're claiming a patent for a dynamic changing keyboard, for which Apple patented the base concept in 1992

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