Microsoft, General Motors, Apple, & Patents

Matt Loney of ZDNet's UK offices questions whether or not Apple truly has anything original that it can properly patent, and he uses an old tit-for-tat story involving Microsoft, General Motors, and Apple to help illustrate his point. Mr. Loney extends the automobile analogy to asking what would have happened to the car industry had someone successfully patented the mere idea of a steering wheel, a thought that has often been brought up in criticism of the current US patent system

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