I was in class this afternoon, so I am catching up on events. I confess that my mind is freshly blown each time I see a tweet like this. It shows that I update pretty slowly I guess. https://twitter.com/jacknicas/status/1384966726564073475">https://twitter.com/jacknicas...
We have a pretty elaborate set of rules that determine when copying is allowed or not and when market entry is allowed or not. Lots of copying is good, so said the Sup Ct most recently in Google v. Oracle.
Copying that infringes patents is actionable, and if Apple is violating Tile& #39;s patents, I hope that Tile goes after them.
But ideas, generally, are not patentable or copyrightable. I have been writing over the last month about two hugely important ideas, the GUI and RISC. Things that define the world that we live in today and that sit largely outside of property.
Apple lost its look-and-feel copyright case against Microsoft and while IBM claimed RISC patents, I don& #39;t have the sense that those blocked entry by Sun, MIPS, Intel or eventually ARM.