Comment Re:Patent titles in the summary are meaningless (Score 2, Insightful) 243
The problem with ideas is that they seem obvious in hindsight. Prior to that, clearly nobody had implemented it.. so the idea couldn't have been that obvious
You're saying: because something hasn't been implemented yet means it must not be obvious?
I'm saying: Perhaps M$ just got to the patent office first with an obvious idea... (much like the Bell's Telephone)
Since the patent examiners are not professionals skilled in the art It's obvious that they aren't qualified to make the non-obvious distinction, or else we wouldn't have so many of these obvious patents.
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FYI Menus existed in 1995. Menus on a webpage == fnck!ng obvious esp. to any professional skilled in the art of making menus and web pages.