Most of us like that the corners of electronic devices are not sharp, but slightly rounded. And Apple, knowing this, managed to navigate in time and patented the whole concept. So now if you want to make a rectangular gizmos with rounded corners, hire, just in case, a good lawyer. For Samsung, for example, other patent wars end up with a $ 1.5 billion loss.
This is not the first "over-generalization" patent in history, and certainly not the last. I compiled a list of patents of the widest scope, which, for obvious reasons, were violated many times:
"A round device to facilitate transportation"
No matter how confusing his words are, it just means ordinary wheels. The right to the invention, which is not less than five thousand years, was issued in 2001 to Australia John Keogh. He applied for one purpose - to show the absurdity of the Australian patent system. Evidently.
"Wireless Communications Systems"
Quite an obscure word, is not it? In 1999, NetAirus Technologies applied to all wireless, connected with communications, and in 2006 received a patent. Due to the fact that the description of the patented invention is too general, and NetAirus itself does not do anything, the company's management decided to file a lawsuit against Apple. The process continues to this day.
"How to swing on a swing"
According to a patent issued in 2002, the swing on the swing is now an art that is protected by copyright. Documents include pictures depicting swinging swings. The method itself is not a familiar method for all of us since childhood: the forelegs, the hind legs. This new method alternately diverts something to the right, then to the left rope and swayes from side to side.
"The way to cover the bald head"
In 1977, a pair of inventors from Florida received a patent for the method of combing remnants of male hair, which made it possible to cover bald patches.
