* Posts by Camelfoe

2 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Mar 2011

Cali Right-to-Repair law dropped, cracks screen, has to be taken to authorized repair shop

Camelfoe

Re: Never, ever bought Apple

Apple lost a patent fight with Creative Labs over the IPod user interface in 2006. Well, I suppose I should say they 'settled' a patent fight, but paying out $100 million usually means a loss.

Obama to overhaul heinous US patent system

Camelfoe

Much too long

It took 3 years 7 months for my patent to get approved, from the initial filing date to the official publication date. By then I'd been working at another job for over a year and a half, and the item in question had been in production for 2 years.