Timeline for Was there a landmark controversial software patent of a trivial idea before the "XOR flashing cursor" patent?
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| Sep 22, 2012 at 4:16 | vote | accept | hippietrail | ||
| Sep 21, 2012 at 19:37 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
be more constructive — focus on factual answers with practical import
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| Sep 20, 2012 at 17:49 | comment | added | geoffc | This is the patent that killed Commodore! They had to shut down when they could not pay the bill for this one. It was the straw that broke the camels back! You monsters! | |
| Sep 20, 2012 at 16:05 | answer | added | Luis | timeline score: 6 | |
| S Sep 20, 2012 at 1:59 | review | First posts | |||
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| S Sep 20, 2012 at 1:59 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 8, 2012 at 9:38 | history | edited | hippietrail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
change the title wording from "infamous" to "landmark" + "controversial"
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| S Sep 7, 2012 at 12:35 | history | suggested | Tim Post | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Suggest a little more objectivity for answers.
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| Sep 7, 2012 at 7:56 | comment | added | hippietrail |
In fact I couldn't figure out when the XOR cursor patent was filed or granted. The 1969 date turned out to be in a referenced patent. I'm guessing 1980-ish is more likely... OK it turns out Google Patents page rendering stomps on the date fields on my netbook! Filing date: Jan 19, 1978, Issue date: Apr 8, 1980
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| Sep 7, 2012 at 2:01 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 7, 2012 at 2:00 | comment | added | Tim Post | As long as answers not only list patents, but also link to strong evidence of them actually being trivial and 'widely denigrated' - this type of question could be useful and constructive. I'd like to see where this goes before casting a vote. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 19:29 | comment | added | hippietrail | @kiamlaluno: Well we'd be able to cite it when telling people who are unaware of the problems of trivial software patents more about their history and background: "Bad software patent controversies are not new and have been well known at least as far back as 1969 when the flashing cursor was patented". We would have more fuel to prepare such arguments, or at least know this is already the best place to start. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 19:21 | comment | added | avpaderno | To add what @nhahtdh said, what is the practical problem behind the question? What is relevant in knowing there was another "infamous" trivial software patent before that? | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 15:45 | history | edited | hippietrail |
add patent number/code/id tags as recommended in meta
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| Sep 6, 2012 at 15:40 | comment | added | hippietrail | Do you think it would improve the question if I asked for the "first" or "earliest"? That might make it technically "objective" but there's possibly a trade-off between "early" and "degree of controversy" anyway. The 1-click and the XOR cursor really did stand out from any background noise though so I think they make a good baseline. If a list of equally plausible answers come in though I can convert to community wiki or voluntarily close the question. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 15:27 | history | edited | hippietrail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
standard links to google patents as recommended on meta
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| Sep 6, 2012 at 14:09 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | @nhahtdh Searching for jurisprudence seems highly relevant on this site. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 12:56 | comment | added | nhahtdh | I didn't cast the close vote, but your question is asking for example, which may generate a list of equally correct answers. I'm just not sure how many of those examples that one can possibly find, so I don't cast close vote myself. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 10:12 | history | edited | hippietrail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
wikipedia link to XOR
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| Sep 6, 2012 at 9:59 | comment | added | hippietrail | Hi close voter, please keep in mind that it's considered constructive to leave a comment why you are voting to close a question. We might be able to try to save it or use it as an example to clarify for the future what are good and bad questions. | |
| Sep 6, 2012 at 9:58 | history | edited | hippietrail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
patent numbers for 1-click and xor cursor, with links; a new "history" tag
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| Sep 6, 2012 at 8:52 | history | asked | hippietrail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |